Russia’s coronavirus vaccine approved for use in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico approved the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V following the publication of early results of an advanced study. Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell, the government’s pandemic spokesman, said Tuesday that the health ministry signed a contract Monday for 400,000 doses of Sputnik V that will arrive this month. The Russian vaccine is now the third to receive emergency approval in Mexico. The regulating agency approved the Pfizer vaccine in Decem