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Mexico to receive first J&J COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday – Metro US

Mexico to receive first J&J COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday

FILE PHOTO: Vials and medical syringe are seen in front
FILE PHOTO: Vials and medical syringe are seen in front of J&J logo in this illustration

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican health officials said on Monday the country will receive its first shipment of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines the following day.

Mexico’s health regulator authorized the vaccine’s use last month and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the United States would donate 1 million J&J shots.

Mexico’s state biological laboratory Birmex wrote on Twitter that Tuesday’s J&J shipment would comprise 1.3 million doses.

(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; editing by Jonathan Oatis)