The season where respiratory diseases spread has already arrived in Mexico, given this, vaccines against COVID-19 are essential for the population, but for now, the most updated one will not be for sale to the public and we will tell you why:
The American company Pfizer reported that The Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) has not authorized the sale to the public of its updated vaccine against COVID-19.
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Therefore, only Pfizer doses are being applied in the public sector, in the 2025-2026 Winter Vaccination Campaign.along with the updated vaccine from the Moderna company.
“In the private sphere, the release of the batches of vaccine for COVID-19 by the regulatory authorities is still in process. At Pfizer we maintain close and permanent collaboration with these authorities to advance this procedure as soon as possible”he stated in a statement.
New variant of COVID-19
The pharmaceutical company explained that its biological is updated and protects against the COVID-19 variant that is currently circulating, that is, the so-called LP.8.1.
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“The updated vaccine against COVID-19, adapted to the LP.8.1 variant, is available in the public sector and is being applied free of charge, as announced by the Mexican health authorities. This advance represents a relevant step in the face of the winter season and the increase in respiratory diseases in the population,” they said.
On October 14, the Winter Vaccination Campaign beganand it was announced that For the first time, the federal government would apply updated vaccines against COVID-19, from the Moderna company.
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Román Saglio, director of Commercial Alliances for Latin America at Moderna, explained that Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration bought around 10 million doses from them; and until that moment they had delivered 4 million 800 thousand doses.
Moderna’s updated vaccine with mRNA technology also protects against the LP.8 variant. 1 of COVID-19.
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