AMLO announced vaccination for minors, from 12 to 17 years old in general, as the last stage of the fight against the pandemic. Photo: Internet. 

By Abigail A. Correa Cisneros

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the last stage in the fight against the pandemic, which is the vaccination of children between 12 and 17 years of age,  indicating that Covid-19  may be under control in Mexico.

Mexico has met the  four criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO):high response capacity, high vaccination coverage, few deaths related to the disease and a low number of cases.

The spread of the virus is decreasing after two years of reducing the number of public activities requiring close contact. The President said everything related to Covid-19 will continue to be addressed. The main focus in health  policy will be creation of the new health care system, «With the purpose of guaranteeing the people of Mexico the right to health.”

Medical units, health centers and hospitals must be in good condition. They should have the necessary equipment, all the doctors and specialists. Care should be available on weekends, at night, permanent attention. Clinical analyses and medicines should be provided free of charge. Free medical attention should be guaranteed, not only what has to do with basic medicines, the so-called basic list, but all the medicines, studies and everything that has to do with health free of charge.

The data, so far, show that Mexico ranks 28th out of 30 countries in mortality per million inhabitants, due to SARS-coV-2.

Above Mexico in the rankings are countries such as Peru and Brazil. Chile, in 16th place, and the United States, in 17th place for their levels of mortality related to the disease. Below Mexico, Russia and Ukraine were in 29th and 30th places.

The Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo Lopez-Gatel, said that the world is about to enter the endemic stage of the disease. The virus will not disappear, but thanks to different factors, such as vaccination, its spread will be less and the disease will remain and will surely behave like seasonal influenza. There will likely be a greater number of infections in autumn and winter and fewer in spring and summer. The WHO, he affirmed, has established criteria that allow pointing out that the nations are at the end of the epidemic state of Covid-19.

He added that our country meets those criteria: hospital occupancy is less than two percent, vaccination coverage is 90 percent among the adult population and 87 percent among all those eligible to receive it. On average there are four deaths per day and less than 300 cases per day.

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Translated by Mike Rogers