Mexico authorises emergency use of Moderna’s COVID vaccine

Mexico has authorised the emergency use of the US-manufactured Moderna vaccine against COVID-19, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, Undersecretary, Prevention and Health Promotion, said.

The Mexican official confirmed on his Twitter account yesterday that the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks “issued the authorisation for emergency use of the Moderna vaccine.”

“We have eight approved vaccines with this one, all safe, quality and effective,” Lopez-Gatell said.

Edited by EP Bureau