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Last May, Maria Laura Cortez received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in San Diego, California.
It manufactures electronic accessories for the American company Poly, in Tijuana.
“In an hour and a half, we had crossed the border and received the vaccine.
It went very quickly so as not to slow down production, ”
says the factory employee.
Since May 2021, the United States has vaccinated Mexican workers at border factories to control the epidemic and accelerate economic recovery.
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In the spring, vaccination stagnated in San Diego and thousands of doses threatened to expire there.
In Tijuana, people over the age of 60 stood in line for hours for their first dose.
"Why don't we use these vaccines, which Mexico lacks at the border?"
thought Carlos Gonzalez, the Mexican Consul General in San Diego.
With the help of the county, he secured a donation of surplus vaccine from Washington.
"But we needed
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