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Mexico has approved the emergency use of the CanSino and Sinovac coronavirus vaccines manufactured by China, the country's undersecretary of Health Hugo López-Gatell announced on Wednesday.
Mexico has the highest fatality from covid-19 among the 20 most affected nations, according to Johns Hopkins University
López-Gatell said that the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) of Mexico gave the approval after it reviewed the quality, safety and efficacy of the vaccines, according to a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Health.
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The statement adds that the first bulk shipment of the CanSino vaccine will arrive in Mexico from China on Thursday, where it will be packed at a plant in Querétaro.
Last Tuesday, Mexico also issued an emergency use authorization for Russia's Sputnik coronavirus vaccine and ordered millions of doses.
Mexico has reported at least 1,957,889 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 169,760 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Higher fatality rate
Almost a year after the first case of the new coronavirus was reported in Mexico, the country has the highest fatality rate among the 20 nations most affected by the covid-19 pandemic, according to an analysis and data published by Johns Hopkins University .
To arrive at this analysis, the university, which studies the progress of the pandemic at a global level, calculated the number of deaths per 100 people with confirmed COVID-19 infection in each of these nations, an estimate that is made to determine the fatality rate.
Mexico registered a rate of 8.7 deaths per 100 patients infected with covid-19, which places it in the first place in the world in this indicator.
It is followed by Peru with 3.6 deaths per 100 infections, Italy with 3.5, South Africa with 3.2, and the United Kingdom with 2.9 deaths per 100 cases.
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Germany and Indonesia accumulate 2.7 deaths, and Colombia with 2.6, according to a table published by this university based in Maryland, United States.
In relation to mortality, which is determined by calculating the number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Mexico ranked seventh among these countries, with an indicator of 133.47 deaths.
It is below Spain, with 134.97, the United States, with 143.08 and the United Kingdom with 171.56.
CNN has requested a comment from the Mexican Secretary of Health on the analysis made by Johns Hopkins University, but has not received a response yet.
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