MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday that his country is doing better than the United States in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, even though Mexico s per capita death rate is probably higher and the country has vaccinated less than 1% of its population. Lopez Obrador said Tuesday that comparing countries is in bad taste, but went on to say the most powerful nation on earth, our neighbour, did worse than us. The Mexican government s estimated death toll from COVID-19 is now about 201,000. The United States death toll is around 500,000, but its population is 2.6 times larger. Moreover, estimates of excess deaths in Mexico since the start of the pandemic suggest the COVID-19 toll is now well above 220,000. Mexico has administered about 1.7 million vaccine doses, while the U.S. has given 64 million shots.
The presidents of Mexico and Argentina on Tuesday pressed the United Nations and the world's richest countries to improve poorer nations' access to COVID-19 vaccines, deriding efforts as grossly inadequate so far.
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