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MEXICO CITY, March 17 ― The US government is expected to respond by Friday to Mexico's request to share doses of stockpiled AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a senior Mexican official said yesterday, as Canadian authorities also seek extra doses from their southern neighbor. Reuters reported this...

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“I'd say we've made good progress, but the details, figures, provisions, won't be known until Friday,” Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard told reporters on Tuesday morning. “We requested as many as possible.” A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said the US priority is to vaccinate Americans.

“We have been working on vaccine clinical trials with science and public health experts in Mexico to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a promising Covid-19 vaccine,” the spokesperson said in a brief statement, adding that the US would continue collaborating with Mexico on “all aspects” of pandemic response.

Canadian Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Canada's ambassador to the United States is in talks with the Biden administration over its supply of unused doses.

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