Mexico receives 6 million COVID-19 vaccines as pressure grows to up jabs

FILE PHOTO: People sit after receiving a dose of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a mass vaccination in Monterrey, Mexico August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry said it had on Saturday received nearly 6 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses against COVID-19 as pressure grows on the government to widen its vaccination roll-out to include children.

The shipment of 5,993,700 doses followed the arrival of almost 6.5 million Sputnik V vaccine doses on Tuesday, easily the two biggest vaccine consignments Mexico has received, according to data on the ministry's website.