• FOREIGNERS: Mexican health officials clarified Tuesday that foreign nationals present in Mexico will have access to the coronavirus vaccine, after reports on social media of some vaccination sites in Mexico City denying service to persons based on nationality.
• EMBASSY: Last Friday, the US embassy in Mexico City warned its citizens that they would have to present a CURP identification number proving legal residence in Mexico to access the vaccine. Yet, Mexican authorities said Tuesday that they would vaccinate all persons present in the country.
• CONFUSION: “We want to be very clear: the national vaccination plan includes vaccinating everyone who is in Mexican territory, regardless of their nationality”, Ruy López Ridaura, head of Mexico’s national center for disease control, adding that there was some initial confusion.
• NUMBERS: Mexican officials reported 40,684 vaccine doses applied on Tuesday, bringing the total number of doses administered in Mexico to 1 million 801,156. The total doses that Mexico has received is 5,039,625. Mexican statistics do not provide a breakdown by nationality.
