Health of Guerrero clarifies the issue of expired vaccines for children

In Altamirano Cityin the state of Warrior, staff from two hospitals they refused to vaccinate children 5 to 11 years of age with dose of Pfizer laboratory because these vaccines had expired since October of the year 2022. Some workers indicated that they fear that you are vaccines can cause some negative reaction In the kids.

Via national mediathe news was released that medical staff of some areas of the entity reported that they had received vaccines for children’s day who were expired.

This sparked panic among doctors and nurses of the area so the Health Secretary government had to issue a statement clarifying this situation and assured that the vaccines can be applied even if their Date of Expiry has already passed.

Fixed position Secretary of Health of Guerrero

Pediatric Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 that are being applied in Guerrero expire on February 28.

It is explained by Dr. Ruy López, technical director of the National Vaccination Strategy against COVID-19 in Mexico and the secretary @Aide_Ibarez https://t.co/d3RaEYDAM9

– Guerrero Health (@SSaludGro)
January 25, 2023

Through a statement issued on social networks, the Secretary of Health of the state of Guerreroestablished his position on the issue of expired vaccines.

He assured that, after the issuance of a document by the cofeprisin response to a request from Pfizer laboratorythe approval was given in the application of the useful life of the 12 month vaccineas long as the storage conditions from -90 degrees to -60 degrees.

Finally, he clarified that the Pfizer pediatric vaccines against Covid-19 that are being applied in Warrior girls and boys from 5 to 11 years old expire February 28th.

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How many COVID-19 infections are there in Guerrero?

On the other hand, the Secretary of Health of the state of Guerreroindicated that, at the cut of the January 25They registered 233 active cases of COVID-19of which 24 were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

He pointed out that in Guerrero they accumulate 118 thousand 219 confirmed cases and 6 thousand 871 deathsfor which reason he insisted on the call to maintain preventive measures to avoid the increase in infections of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The SSG explained that Guerrero registers active cases of COVID-19 in 23 municipalities, being the main ones: Acapulco, with 83; Chilpancingo, 76; Equals, 19; Taxco, 13; Tlapa, 10; Chilapa, 8; Zihuatanejo, 4; Eduardo Neri, 3; Buenavista de Cuellar, 2; and Tixtla, 2.