▲ The government paid 160 million dollars for 50 million doses through the Covax mechanism, for which there are enough vaccines for the boosters until July, announced President López Obrador.Photo María Luisa Severiano
Néstor Jiménez and Roberto Garduño
La Jornada newspaper
Wednesday, January 5, 2022, p. 3
As soon as the application of reinforcements of the covid-19 vaccine to people over 60 years of age is completed, the sector will continue from 50 to 59, announced yesterday President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who announced that his administration paid 160 million dollars for 50 million doses through the United Nations Covax mechanism, enough for reinforcements until July. So, there is no problem of lack of vaccines, that is why we will continue to advance
, he stressed.
During his daily press conference, he stated that at the beginning of his government he found a health system in a worse state than the educational one, and compared them, due to the situation of abandonment
they had, with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).
They were like this because the purpose of neoliberal politicians was to put education and health on the market, privatize everything, turn everything into business, without any humanistic, social consideration
.
He also reiterated his recommendation to return to face-to-face classes, mainly to higher education institutions, because they have already passed, many universities that do not return to face-to-face classes. Respectfully, because nothing replaces face-to-face classes; also, not everyone has the opportunity to have Internet
.
After some states decided not to return to the classrooms this Monday according to the basic education calendar, the president insisted on returning, because no major problem
and offered to report any situation that arises, such as an increase in infections, but without making determinations for political or partisan positions.
If we are guided by these criteria, imagine, we do not return to class. This is happening in other countries, where the authorities are hesitant and intimidated.
, he expressed.
In the context of the presentation of the weekly health report, López Obrador assessed that This new variant is, in fact, very contagious, but fortunately it is not demanding hospitalization, nor do we have cases, and that is the most important thing, an increase in deaths
.
Meanwhile, in reference to the results of scientific publications on the omicron variant, the Secretary of Health, Jorge Alcocer, pointed out that there is the probability
what the virus is looking for have less participation
, and stressed that it is the same virus, only with variants or different clothing
.
He explained that on Saturday the application of boosters of the vaccine for educational personnel with the antigen of the Moderna pharmaceutical company begins.
Regarding the emergence of the treatment to treat this disease, developed by Pfizer, the President asserted that members of the health sector gave a favorable opinion for the evaluation to be made and, if possible, to be acquired.
