Mexico’s vaccination challenge
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Mexico became one of the first countries in the Americas to roll out vaccinations. They began in December but, after the first quarter of 2021, inoculations reached less people than expected. Alasdair Baverstock visited the state of Chiapas, in the south of the country, to look at the vaccination efforts on a local, and national scale.
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