Mexico plans to import about 870,000 doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine from India in February, as well as producing it locally, Reuters reported quoting President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Mexico and Argentina have a deal with AstraZeneca to produce its vaccine for distribution in Latin America, with financial support from the foundation of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.

“We are also getting AstraZeneca vaccines, apart from the agreement we have with them — these vaccines are being made here in Mexico — we will bring AstraZeneca from India,” Lopez Obrador said in a video broadcast on social media.

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