Judge Orders FGR to Investigate López-Gatell’s Negligence in Covid Response
López-Gatell has — fairly or unfairly — become the target of both praise and criticism, even more than the secretary of health himself, Jorge Alcocer
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Mexico Ends Covid-19 Health Emergency
López Gatell explained that Mexico decided to end the emergency due to a continuous downward trend in covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. In addition, the health undersecretary pointed to Mexico’s high level of immunity against the virus, either by infection or by vaccination
Read moreUse of Face Masks Now Optional on Planes, Mexico’s Airports
By MARK LORENZANA Shortly after Mexican health authorities eliminated the mandatory use of face masks in closed spaces, Mexico’s Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), in an official statement on Tuesday, Oct. 11, said that it is now optional for passengers to mask up inside the country’s airports and on flights departing Mexico. “As of this date (Tuesday) and as long
Read moreMedical Experts: Bivalent Vaccine for Omicron Will Not Reach Mexico
By MARK LORENZANA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the acquisition of the bivalent vaccine booster produced by Pfizer-BioNTech against the Omicron variant, as well as the original strain, of the covid-19 virus. Medical experts in Mexico, however, are not too optimistic about the shots arriving in the country anytime soon. “At least in the short term,
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