All Immigrants and Undocumented Can Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

 Since the start of the pandemic, many immigrants have been left out of federal COVID-19 relief packages. Both undocumented immigrants and some people in mixed-status households have been excluded from stimulus checks, rent assistance, and other financial aid. This has left some questioning whether they qualify for the most important relief yet: the COVID-19 vaccine.

Equal access to the vaccine

Unlike previous aid, the federal government has made clear that anyone—regardless of immigration status—should get the vaccine.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made this clear in a statement released on February 1, just as vaccine production was beginning to ramp up:

“DHS and its Federal government partners fully support equal access to the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution sites for undocumented immigrants. …DHS encourages all individuals, regardless of immigration status, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once eligible under local distribution guidelines.”

More information https://www.inmigracionyvisas.com/a5108-All-Immigrants-and-Undocumented-Can-Get-the-COVID-19-Vaccine.html

Your COVID-19 Vaccine Was Likely Made by an Immigrant

 By: Walter Ewing, www.immigrationimpact.com/

The development of a COVID-19 vaccine is a global endeavor. The scientists and entrepreneurs creating the vaccine are of many nationalities and immigration statuses—as are the millions of people impacted by the pandemic who are anxiously awaiting a vaccine.

The three pharmaceutical companies with vaccines near-ready for distribution—BioNTech, Pfizer, and Moderna—were all founded by immigrants.

Consider the partnership between the German company BioNTech SE and the American company Pfizer Inc., which has now completed a working vaccine.

BioNTech was founded by a husband-wife team of Turkish origin—Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci—one of whom was brought to Germany from Turkey as a child, while the other was born in Germany to a Turkish father.

More information https://www.inmigracionyvisas.com/a5015-COVID-19-Vaccine-Was-Likely-Made-by-an-Immigrant.html