Vaccine prioritization plan in Mexico is equal to that of the international organization: Ssa

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Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, January 27, 2022, p. eleven

The Ministry of Health (Ssa) assured that Mexico meets the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), reflected in the National Vaccination Policy against SARS-CoV-2 to prevent covid-19 in the country, because if Although the roadmap for the prioritization of vaccines of the international organization is not binding, its suggestions are followed.

He highlighted that the most recent update of the WHO roadmap to prioritize the use of covid-19 vaccines, published on January 21, indicates that the highest preference group for vaccination with primary scheme and booster dose are the older adults, health sector workers and immunosuppressed people.

The second group is adults with comorbidities, pregnant women, educational personnel, people in socioeconomic disadvantage and whose jobs involve risk.

The medium risk group is the rest of the adult population, as well as children and adolescents with comorbidities.

By last, The group with the lowest risk for vaccination with the primary scheme is that of healthy children and adolescents. The application of booster doses is not yet considered for this group, pointed out the Ssa. He stressed that the governing document for vaccination in Mexico clearly establishes the order of prioritization, which is the same as that recommended by the WHO.

The WHO points out that healthy minors are in the lowest priority use group due to their relatively low risk of serious illness, hospitalization, and death, so they were incorporated into the fourth care group.

Cofepris alert for false doses

Meanwhile, the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) warned that any product marketed as an anticovid vaccine, regardless of its packaging, brand or location, it constitutes a fraud and it is risky for the health for being of doubtful origin.

In a statement, he stressed that he has not issued a license to any individual for the sale or import of these biologicals, so people may consider any such offer illegal and a health risk.