By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) has put an end to private schools’ dream of reopening for face-to-face classes, coming in a decision announced on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The National Association of Private Schools released a statement on Monday, Feb. 22, stating its intention to resume in-person education on March 1, following strict social distancing protocols. “The
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Action Governors Association (GOAN), which is made up of National Action Party (PAN) governors from the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, Durango, Yucatán, Querétaro and Sonora, announced its intention to contract 20 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which would arrive in periods from April to December of this
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By KELIN DILLON Mexicans fortunate enough to receive a vaccine against covid-19 have been asked for their CURP (Individual national identification) and voting credentials upon arrival to the inoculation site, which would then be photographed and put on record by National Regeneration Movement (Morena) public servants, causing outrage among opposition parties, and a proclamation of innocence from Mexican President Andrés
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By KELIN DILLON Despite growing opposition and advice to the contrary from both national and international medical specialists, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has decided to continue on as planned with his controversial National Vaccine Strategy, which now targets rural communities as the first priority for vaccination over Mexico’s urban epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak, like Mexico City.
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s usually-robust tourism industry suffered brutal losses in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, reaching its lowest level since World War II, and now experts are warning that 2021 could fare even worse for Mexico’s tourism than its predecessor. Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) revealed in a report there was a 46 percent drop
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By KELIN DILLON Despite urging from scientists and medical specialists, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has decidedly refused to make wearing a mask mandatory in Mexico. A letter to AMLO, signed by 400 medical specialists throughout Mexico, presented seven ideas to help combat the spread of coronavirus nationwide, including making mask-wearing mandatory in federal and state agencies, which
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Secretariat of Health (SSA) announced on Saturday, Feb. 6, that a further 9,837 vaccines against coronavirus had been applied in Mexico, bringing the nation to a total of 710,198 doses of vaccine applied in the country thus far. Of the doses applied, 71,300 of people have received the full two doses to cement their inoculation, meaning
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico has started the process of vaccinating its vulnerable elderly population against covid-19, with all Mexican inhabitants above the age of 60 theoretically available to receive the vaccine as of Tuesday, Feb. 2. The new phase began the same day that the esteemed international medical journal The Lancet published a peer-reviewed analysis of trials of the Russian
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 27, that 44.9 percent more people died of covid-related issues from January through August of 2020 than initially reported by the Mexican government, adding another layer of discord to the nation’s dismal handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The government previously reported that deaths during the
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By KELIN DILLON An executive order signed by newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden, which requires international travelers entering the United States by air to show proof of a negative covid-19 test within 72 hours of departure, was enacted on Jan. 26, creating a host of new requirements for travelers to fulfill before boarding their flight. Vacationers need to make
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