{"id":188595,"date":"2021-02-25T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T08:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mexico-starts-administering-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2021-02-25T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T08:59:04","slug":"mexico-starts-administering-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mexico-starts-administering-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mexico starts administering Russian Sputnik V vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mexico starts administering Russian Sputnik V vaccine<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n A medical worker injects a woman with a dose of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V at the Palacio de los Deportes, in the Iztacalco borough of Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Mexican authorities administered their first shots of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine Wednesday to residents of the capital, with people lining up at a vaccination station on the city’s south side, eager to get any protection they could.\n <\/p>\n

“I just want to be vaccinated; I don’t care what company made it,” said Ismael \u00c1vila , 72, of the southside borough of Xochimilco. “I want to make it out of this alive.”<\/p>\n

\u00c1vila said he was satisfied with the Russian vaccine’s reported effectiveness rate of around 92%.<\/p>\n

Some came fearing the long lines and disorder that marked the early stages of the vaccine campaign.<\/p>\n

Berenice Alvarez, a housewife, brought her father to be vaccinated in Xochimilco, home to the city’s famous floating gardens.<\/p>\n

“I expected to see a huge number of people and a lot of disorganization, but we are learning from our mistakes, because it was more organized,” said \u00c1lvarez.<\/p>\n

Retiree Miguel \u00c1ngel Leyte Mantilla was happ<\/a>y to get his shot. “I thought this was going to be a mess, but the truth is, I was surprised. There was order.”<\/p>\n

Dora Arguello Hernandez, 65, noted, “I think that whatever (vaccine) it might be, it’s better to get vaccinated.”<\/p>\n

Mexico received its first shipment of 200,000 doses of the Sputnik vaccine Monday, and the shots were being given first to people over 60 in poorer neighborhoods.<\/p>\n