The Government of Mexico on July 6 announced the start of the COVID-19 vaccination process for all people between the ages of 18-29. Registration is now open, but dates for the inoculation of this sector of the population have not yet been announced. Meanwhile, the vaccination of pregnant women and adults 30 years of age and up continues.
At President Lopez Obrador’s morning press conference on Tuesday, the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramirez, announced that pre-registration for everyone over 18 is now available via the mivacuna.salud.gob.mx platform.
Lopez-Gatell explained that the pre-registration process will help the government plan the distribution and application of doses throughout the country. “…as the vaccines arrive, they are immediately distributed and applied,” he said.
Regarding the progress of vaccination in the country, the health secretary reported that, as of July 4th, 32,002,466 people had been immunized against COVID-19; 19,937,022 of which are now fully vaccinated, while 13,085,444 had received their first dose.
On July 5th, another 421,785 doses were administered, bringing the total number of full or partially vaccinated people in Mexico to 47,739,783.
All people over 18 years of age can now register at mivacuna.salud.gob.mx. to receive the COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration on the Federal Government website IS REQUIRED.
Once on the page, you must enter the following information:
Curp
State
Municipality
Postal Code
10-digit telephone number
Email address
The authorities reiterated that the order that the vaccines will be administered does not depend on when people register, registration is only used to plan the strategy.
The spokesman for the epidemic control strategy also announced that everyone who has already completed their vaccination scheme can now download an official certificate issued by the Ministry of Health from the cvcovid.salud.gob.mx platform.
This document has a QR code that allows verification in real time by any immigration authority from the database of the Government of Mexico.
Source: presidente.gob.mx