FILE PHOTO: Teachers and school staff apply pressure to the injection site after receiving a dose of China's CanSino COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination against coronavirus disease at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon in San Nicolas de los Garza, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico hopes to finish vaccinating its entire population against COVID-19 by the end of next year's first quarter, Mexico's deputy health minister, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, said Monday evening.
The projection takes into consideration global delays in vaccination production and vaccine delivery to Mexico, said Lopez-Gatell, who has spearheaded the country's response to the coronavirus.
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