Mexico's first locally produced AstraZeneca vaccines to be ready in May

FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s Finance Minister Arturo Herrera gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf Maldonado/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said on Thursday that the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines bottled in Mexico would be ready later this month, after delays in starting operations at a local factory.

“It’s now producing… the first batch will be received on May 24,” Herrera said in a virtual event with the Americas Society and Council of the Americas.

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