Mexicans vaccinated against covid in the United States
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An asylum seeker camping at the El Chaparral crossing point is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on the border with the United States on August 3, 2021. AFP - GUILLERMO ARIAS
By: Mikaël Ponge Follow |
Mikaël Ponge Follow
22 mins
The too full on one side, the too little on the other.
While the border between the United States and Mexico is still closed due to the covid epidemic, between May and July 2021, the United States vaccinated 26,000 employees at nearly 40 factories in Tijuana, Mexico, whose management has agreed to pay for the logistics costs.
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It is an example of regional solidarity, or at least of well understood interest.
If since the appearance of the covid the United States have sealed off their southern border to avoid the spread of cases, this does not prevent thousands of Mexicans today from going to the American side to come to be vaccinated, without any visa, but legally.
It started last May with workers in American factories in Tijuana just behind the border, and since then the number of beneficiaries of these doses made in the USA has continued to grow.
This is a report from our correspondent Antonella Francini.
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