Mexico Signs Agreements to Buy Potential Covid-19 Vaccines

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Mexico signed agreements with three companies that are developing vaccines against Covid-19, and it expects to secure doses for more than 100 million people through 2021

Governments around the world are debating the timeline for offering Covid-19 vaccines to the public, as drugmakers speed up development. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains the potential health risks linked to fast-tracking vaccines. Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/APMEXICO CITY—Mexico signed agreements with three companies on Tuesday that arefor 39 million people from AstraZeneca PLC of the U.K., as many as 17 million from Pfizer Inc. and 35 million from China’s CanSino Biologics Inc.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he hopes Mexico can start innoculating people in December “or in the first quarter of next year at the latest.” Mexico will participate within days in the phase 3 clinical trials being carried out by CanSino, and is in talks to take part in trials with companies from the U.S., Germany, Russia, France and Italy, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said.

 

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