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Migrants in Tijuana Getting Vaccinated as as Pressure Mounts to Reopen the Border

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Health authorities in northern Mexico vaccinated hundreds of migrants living in makeshift tents a few meters from a pedestrian crossing bridge to the United States. The COVID-19 vaccine doses were given to migrants a day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control extended the so-called Title 42 order. Officials did not confirm whether the vaccinations would extend to other areas with large concentrations of migrants.

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Times of San Diego

Migrants in Tijuana Getting Vaccinated as as Pressure Mounts to Reopen the Border

People stand in line to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against coronavirus as part of a government plan to inoculate people in Tijuana. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes Health authorities in northern Mexico vaccinated hundreds of migrants living in makeshift tents a few meters from a pedestrian crossing bridge to the United States in the border city of Tijuana on Tuesday.The COVID-19 vaccine doses were given to migrants a day after the U.S. Centers f…

3 years ago·San Diego County, United States

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BorderReport

Migrants welcome COVID-19 vaccination efforts at Tijuana campsite

TIJUANA (Border Report) -- Baja California's Heath officials started vaccinating migrants at the makeshift campsite just south of the San Ysidro Port of Entry between Tijuana and San Diego. The goal was to inoculate 500 on the first day.The migrants were given the Pfizer brand of the vaccine.People were allowed to line up and get vaccinated without standard identification requirements or proof residency.Most of the migrants who have been at the …

3 years ago

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