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Mexico warns that selling fake Covid-19 vaccines jeopardizes public health
From CNNE s Fidel Gutierrez and Karol Suarez in Mexico City
Mexico s Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) has warned that selling counterfeit Pfizer vaccines poses a health risk to the population.
Earlier this week, Pfizer said it had identified counterfeit Covid-19 shots in Mexico and Poland.
Responding to the reports, COFEPRIS said: Any alleged vaccine against Covid-19 that is for sale through internet pages, social media, by telephone, pharmacies, hospitals, and points of sale, constitutes fraud and a health risk because it s of doubtful origin.
The commission has warned of fake Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon in February.
EU declines option to buy 100 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses
From CNN s Pierre Bairin and Arnaud Siad
Doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are seen at a doctor s office in Deisenhofen, Germany, on March 31. Lennart Preiss/AFP/Getty Images
The European Union is declining an option to order an additional 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca, a spokesman said Thursday.
The move follows months of public criticism of the drug maker by European officials.
The European Commission did not exercise the option to buy the doses and the deadline for it has now passed, Commission spokesperson for health Stefan de Keersmaecker said.