A nurse was fired in Morelia, Michoacán. After he allegedly extracted vaccines against covid-19 from a module where they would be applied and thus place them outside the guidelines of the National Vaccination Plan.
THE FACTS:
According to information from Milenio, the Ministry of Health The state did not reveal the identity of the woman. Which supposedly vaccinated several of his relatives, thereby departing from the established guidelines.
In addition, the state Ministry of Health did not specify the number of vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer that were stolen from a vaccination center that was not specified.
However, the state agency made it clear that “the institution will not tolerate these actions. Which violate the safety of the biological, of the users and tarnish the process ”.
Will the relevant measures be taken?
He assured that he will take the necessary measures to guarantee that the immunization of Michoacans is carried out according to the clearly established protocols.
Finally, he called on the population not to apply any vaccine outside of the modules enabled for it. Since not knowing what substance is being used can constitute a risk to people’s health and lives.
This is how vaccine theft is punished:
The development of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine not only represents a strong hope for a return to normalcy. But an opportunity for organized crime groups that seek to take advantage of the global emergency to enrich themselves illegally.
Faced with this scenario, a senator considered it important to establish severe social control for those who improperly steal one or more vaccines that are property of public health institutions or that are part of the Universal Vaccination Program.
The legislator listed an initiative to reform article 462 Bis 1 of the General Health Law. In order to impose up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to three thousand times the Unit of Measurement and Update to whoever steals these drugs.
If the person who commits this crime is a person from the public service, a penalty of up to 15 years in prison was demanded.
There have been robberies since last year …
The senator said that various security agencies warned, since September 2020. About the risks to which the distribution and application of vaccines against the new coronavirus would be subject.
“The theft or theft of these products is one of the main dangers, since it is intended to distribute them on the black market. As they are called liquid gold, due to the high value they have as an essential input for the return to normality and for the protection of people’s health ”, he stressed.
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