Also Read | Inside the five-year battle food companies have fought to resist stricter labelling normsOfficials encouraged people to not come all at once, but rather to spread themselves through the day, but with shots distributed first-come, first-served, the demand was immediate.“Today is a day to celebrate," said farmer José Luis González while waiting for his vaccine in Milpa Alta on Mexico City's south side.
He said his family had so far been spared from the pandemic because they had isolated themselves at home, but he knows many neighbors who have died after contracting the virus.“We feel very good and very grateful to the government," González said.Health workers were collecting personal data, checking temperature and blood pressure.