"Literally this week, we are going to pay the first advances for the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19 through the structure of Covax," RIA Novosti quotes Finance Minister Arturo Herrera.

He clarified that according to the government's expectations, the distribution of the vaccine will begin in the first quarter of 2021.

Earlier, the total number of coronavirus cases in Mexico per day increased by 4446, reaching 738 163.