Mexico has authorized emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac and CanSino COVID-19 vaccines, Mexico’s Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Wednesday. Mexico’s vaccination drive has gotten off to a slow start, and officials in Latin America’s second-largest economy are hoping to source millions of doses from China to boost their efforts amid global vaccines shortages and delays. Earlier in the day, China’s CanSino Biologics Inc said its COVID-19 vaccine was approved in Mexico for emergency use in people 18 and older. CoronaVac is the name of the vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, widely tested in Brazil, which has ordered about 100 million doses of the vaccine. Mexico is one of the countries testing the CanSino vaccine and has a supply deal with company.

Source: Indian Express February 11, 2021 04:39 UTC