Mexico to get more vaccines amid COVID-19 cases surge

The United States will send Mexico 8.5 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine as the Delta variant drives the country's third wave of infections, Mexican officials said on 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. As Mexico's third wave started, hospitalizations and deaths lagged significantly. The much more contagious Delta variant is likely responsible. Mexico has seen more than 244,000 test-confirmed deaths, but the country does little testing and studies of death certificates indicate the real toll is nearly 370,000.