Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 in Mexico: how to register and how it will be distributed

Macías: We must vaccinate everyone because covid will not go away 2:43 (CNN Spanish) — The Mexican government announced on Tuesday, June 14, the start of a new stage of vaccination against covid-19 in the country, which will be focused on boys and girls from 5 to 11 years old. This is the seventh stage of vaccination that has been carried out in Mexican territory since the first began in December 2020, said the Mexican Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell, at a press conference. This Thursday, the first shipment with more than 800,000 covid vaccines from Pfizer-BionTech arrived in the country. The second will arrive on Friday with more than a million to ensure supply at the beginning of this stage. There is still no date for the start of the application of vaccines, although this Thursday President Andrés Manuel López Obrador indicated that it could begin “this weekend, at the latest next week.” Meanwhile, we leave you all the information you need to know to register children from 5 to 11 years old. Online registration From Thursday, June 16, the online registration for the vaccine was opened. This registration is an important step to streamline the vaccination process, since all those registered are allowed to download the vaccination file, a document that must be printed on the day it is time to receive the injection. Also, by being registered, you may be notified by message or call when your vaccine will be, although not everyone receives this notice, so it is better to keep an eye on official government channels. Pfizer in a two-dose scheme The vaccine that will be given to children between 5 and 11 years of age is Pfizer’s. “The contract has already been signed with the Pfizer company for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which we are going to acquire around eight million doses that will allow us to start this vaccination process,” said López-Gatell last Thursday. These eight million vaccines will be the initial part of the process because it is estimated that this population sector amounts to 15.4 million people and the scheme for children from 5 to 11 years old will be two doses. The two-dose schedule for children will be “with an interval of 21 days and up to a month and a half to confer protection against covid-19 similar to that of adults, according to clinical trials,” the Mexican government said in a statement. How to register for the covid vaccine for children from 5 to 11 years old in Mexico? First, go to the website https://mivacuna.salud.gob.mx/ Once there, you must enter the CURP of the person who will receive the vaccine in the space for children from 5 to 11 years old When you complete this step, you will have to fill in some personal data and contact information for notices. When this is done, the child will be registered and you will be able to download the vaccination file (if it is not available at that time, you will be able to see it days later by entering the CURP again) How will it be distributed? López-Gatell pointed out that vaccination will be staggered; that is, it will not start the entire process simultaneously, but rather it will be activated little by little by states and municipalities. “You have to be aware of the call for each municipality, it will not be simultaneous throughout the country, but rather they will be opened in the different states and municipalities,” he added. The Mexican government indicated that the vaccine will be placed in conventional health facilities, in temporary units known as macrocenters, and in other special areas that will be announced later.