Mexico on Wednesday said it was trying to enlist the help of nonprofit groups or the U.S. government to get coronavirus vaccines for Mexican migrants working in the United States.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico would keep trying “because it is a universal right.” Migrants without documents often have problems accessing health services in the US
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Mexico’s pundit for the pandemic said the Mexican government could not send vaccinations to the United States. And Hugo López-Gatell, the assistant health secretary, said attempts to work through civic groups had not been successful because only health authorities had access to vaccinations at this stage.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs was looking at the possibility of getting cooperation from the United States or a civic organization to obtain vaccines for Mexicans in the United States,” López-Gatell said. “Up to this point, it has not been possible.”
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“It should be made clear that the vaccines purchased by the Mexican government cannot be transported to the United States … for various legal reasons and health prescriptions,” he said.