Muchas personas mayores en Ciudad de México llegaban “con miedo” a los centros de vacunación, preocupadas de que el pinchazo les hiciera daño, dijo un funcionario. “Quisimos distraerlos”. Y entraron en escena las bandas de música y los luchadores enmas…
Author: NATALIE KITROEFF
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