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Health Officials in Mexico Vaccinate Migrants And Asylum Seekers Waiting At Tijuana Border

Jeffrey Cawood
Health Officials in Mexico Vaccinate Migrants And Asylum Seekers Waiting At Tijuana Border
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Local health officials in Mexico have vaccinated hundreds of transient migrants and asylum seekers against COVID-19 this week as they wait to enter the United States.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported, “The Baja California Secretary of Heath allocated hundreds of Pfizer vaccines for migrants who have been staying at a migrant camp near the El Chaparral border crossing, as well as at seven shelters in Tijuana.”

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