{"id":3745,"date":"2021-04-28T13:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:03:14","slug":"mexico-plays-down-sputnik-vaccine-delays-after-domestic-production-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/mexico-plays-down-sputnik-vaccine-delays-after-domestic-production-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico plays down Sputnik vaccine delays after domestic production deal."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday played down delays in shipments of Russia\u2019s Sputnik V vaccine during a trip to Moscow where he worked out a deal to produce the shot domestically to speed up its rollout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico has relied heavily on foreign vaccines, including Sputnik, to supplement its slow vaccination campaign, but delays have hampered efforts to cover its population of 126 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Virtually all companies have had delays,” Ebrard said in audio comments shared by his ministry. “There’s not a single one that has 100% met its delivery schedules for different reasons.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has shipped just over a million Sputnik V doses to Mexico to date, far fewer than the number originally slated. Mexico said in February it planned to receive 7.4 million doses of Sputnik V by April and 16.6 million more shots in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico has signed an agreement to acquire 24 million doses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ebrard said Mexico was one of the countries that had thus far received the most Sputnik vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, he announced that Mexico\u2019s state-run vaccine manufacturer Birmex would handle the final packaging and filling of the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottling the Russian shot in Mexico could start as early as May, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which markets the vaccine abroad, said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a million people in Mexico had been vaccinated with Sputnik V thus far, Ebrard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The results are very positive, which speaks of the quality of science and technological development in (Russia),” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ebrard said the vaccine’s active ingredient would be sent to Mexico from Russia, though that could change in due course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If we had the packaging capacity in Mexico as we’re doing now with (Chinese vaccine) CanSino or AstraZeneca, the possibilities of having a greater number of doses would increase,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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