Mexico to vaccinate migrants in Baja California under new border initiative

FILE PHOTO: Migrants from Central America, who were previously expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, walk across the Paso del Norte international border bridge to continue their asylum request in the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Authorities in the Mexican border state of Baja California say they will include migrants in the new COVID-19 vaccination plan for border cities, which is aimed at accelerating the reopening of the shared land border with the United States.

The state, which lies just across from California, began vaccinating adults over the age of 18 this week as part of a new mass vaccination push across northern Mexico, which relies on over a million Johnson & Johnson doses donated by the United States.