MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health regulator COFEPRIS has granted emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine against COVID-19, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thursday.
“This authorization for emergency use certifies that the vaccine meets the quality, safety and efficacy requirements necessary to be applied,” COFEPRIS said in a separate statement.
Earlier on Thursday, Mexico reported more than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19. [S0N2IW015]
(Reporting by Sharay Angulo and Cassandra Garrison; Writing by Stefanie Eschenbacher)
