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Jul 21, 2021 | 7:33 PM
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) â Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they are in talks with Italian health authorities and Italian biotech firm ReiThera about the possibility of producing the GRAd-COV2 COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico.
Deputy Foreign Minister Martha Delgado traveled to Italy to speak with Francesco Vaia, director of the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and ReiThera executives to discuss the option of producing the vaccine in Mexico, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said.
The ministry reiterated Mexicoâs plan to participate in GRAd-COV2âs Phase III trials, which will require 6,000 volunteers in the country, but did not specify a timeline.
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A researcher works inside a laboratory during the development of the Italian ReiThera COVID-19 vaccine, in this undated handout photo in Rome, Italy. REITHERA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
MEXICO CITY, July 21 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they are in talks with Italian health authorities and Italian biotech firm ReiThera about the possibility of producing the GRAd-COV2 COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico.
Deputy Foreign Minister Martha Delgado traveled to Italy to speak with Francesco Vaia, director of the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and ReiThera executives to discuss the option of producing the vaccine in Mexico, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said.
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Mexico and US continue to discuss security
Mexico and US continue to discuss security
Mexico, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Mexico and the United States on Thursday continued their discussions on security collaboration, which were started by officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The Mexican Foreign Ministry informed in a statement that both meetings give continuity to the ongoing talks between the administrations of Presidents Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Joe Biden to address the shared objectives between both nations on security matters.
The meeting with the FBI on Wednesday was chaired by the head of the Foreign Ministry s North American unit for Mexico, Roberto Velasco, and the undersecretary of the Secretariat of Security and City Protection, Ricardo Mejia, while the United States was represented by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amanda Liskamm and FBI Deputy Director Calvin A. Shivers.