Mexico wants to tap into U.S. stockpile of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Mexico has asked the United States to share doses of AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine it has in stock, a senior diplomat said, following up on a request made by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to his counterpart Joe Biden.

Deputy foreign minister for multilateral affairs Martha Delgado said that since the United States had not yet approved the AstraZeneca vaccine it would be a good candidate to offer to Mexico, which has started using it already.

"The possibility exists of being able to have access to some AstraZeneca batches they have," Delgado . . .