US to Send 8.5 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Mexico

A young woman receives a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 in Mexico City, on Aug. 10, 2021. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

MEXICO CITY—The United States will send Mexico 8.5 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Mexican officials said Tuesday.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said the U.S. government will send AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines, though the latter hasn’t yet been approved by Mexican regulators.