Mexico - Coronavirus COVID-19

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Mexico:

Coronavirus cases in Mexico pass 1,000, health emergency declared

“Health officials reported a total of 1,094 cases of coronavirus, up from 993 a day earlier, and 28 deaths from the virus, up from 20. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard declared a health emergency.”

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“MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government has broadened its shutdown of “non-essential activities” to the private sector and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. “

The Latest: Mexico broadens shutdown, prohibits gatherings

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“But if it turns out Mexico waited too long to introduce restrictions, analysts warn, it could suffer a crisis like Italy’s or New York’s — with far fewer resources. Mexico has half as many hospital beds per capita as the United States, and a quarter as many nurses, according to statistics from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.”

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“Turmoil in Mexico typically generates fears of spillover in the United States — surges in illegal migration and narcotics, snags in trade. At the moment, though, it is Mexicans who are worrying about crossover problems. On Saturday, governors of three Mexican border states called on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to tighten controls to limit the arrival of the coronavirus from the United States.”

Coronavirus on the border: Why Mexico has so few cases compared with the U.S.

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Mexican border state setting up COVID-19 checkpoints to screen travelers
Mar 28, 2020


““Chihuahua announces it’s setting up a “Sanitary Fence” around the state to screen travelers for COVID-19.””

 

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Mexico:

Coronavirus cases in Mexico pass 1,000, health emergency declared

“Health officials reported a total of 1,094 cases of coronavirus, up from 993 a day earlier, and 28 deaths from the virus, up from 20. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard declared a health emergency.”

—-

“MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government has broadened its shutdown of “non-essential activities” to the private sector and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. “

The Latest: Mexico broadens shutdown, prohibits gatherings

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“But if it turns out Mexico waited too long to introduce restrictions, analysts warn, it could suffer a crisis like Italy’s or New York’s — with far fewer resources. Mexico has half as many hospital beds per capita as the United States, and a quarter as many nurses, according to statistics from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.”

[...]

“Turmoil in Mexico typically generates fears of spillover in the United States — surges in illegal migration and narcotics, snags in trade. At the moment, though, it is Mexicans who are worrying about crossover problems. On Saturday, governors of three Mexican border states called on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to tighten controls to limit the arrival of the coronavirus from the United States.”

Coronavirus on the border: Why Mexico has so few cases compared with the U.S.

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Mexican border state setting up COVID-19 checkpoints to screen travelers
Mar 28, 2020


““Chihuahua announces it’s setting up a “Sanitary Fence” around the state to screen travelers for COVID-19.””

It's been a month since
Mexico confirms first 2 cases of coronavirus, president appears to downplay concerns

 

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Mexico's real COVID-19 death toll now stands at over 321,000
(Courtesy via @dixiegirl1035)


“MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government acknowledged Saturday that the country’s true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic now stands above 321,000, almost 60% more than the official test-confirmed number of 201,429.

Mexico does little testing, and because hospitals were overwhelmed, many Mexicans died at home without getting a test. The only way to get a clear picture is to review “excess deaths” and review death certificates.

On Saturday, the government quietly published such a report, which found there were 294,287 deaths linked to COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic through Feb. 14. Since Feb. 15 there have been an additional 26,772 test-confirmed deaths.“

 

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Mexico Authorizes Emergency Use of Indian COVID-19 Vaccine
(COVAXIN)

 

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Return to school filled with uncertainty in Mexico (clickondetroit.com)

MEXICO CITY – With bottles of gel, temperature checks and wide-open windows, a new school year began Monday for millions of children in Mexico.

Officially, school is starting “in person, responsibly and orderly,” according to the Education Ministry.

In practice, it will be a system that is voluntary, diverse and hybrid between in-person learning and virtual lessons in structures some call chaotic and others gradual. Thousands of schools will open their doors after a year and half of closure, but it’s not clear how many will do so, nor how many students will show up, because beyond the federal, state and local regulations, the final decision will be made by schools and parents.

“There is complete uncertainty with respect to how it’s going to go,” said Bettina Delgadillo, director of a private school in San Pedro Garza Garcia, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico’s wealthiest municipality.

“There are schools that are better prepared and safer for children than supermarkets or establishments with open tables,” she said. “But I understand how for authorities, it’s complicated to say ‘here yes’ and ‘here no.’”...