By KELIN DILLON New U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order, going into effect on Tuesday, Jan. 26, that will require all travelers entering the United States by air to provide proof of a negative coronavirus test taken within 72 hours of departure, followed by self-isolation upon arrival, bringing forth new challenges for foreign tourism in Mexico. Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON Starting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, all travelers (age 2 and above) entering the United States by air will be required to show coronavirus test results taken within three days of the flight before boarding. Travelers to Canada also have to present a negative covid test to the airline prior to boarding, though Canada’s restrictions apply to those
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has whimsically changed the course of the country’s scheduled universal vaccination program, altering it as he sees fit in a wing-it-as-you-go strategy. The nation’s original vaccination schedule was set up in five concurrent stages, beginning with frontline health workers, followed by everyone over the age 60. The next two stages
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Sunday, Jan. 18, during a university inauguration in Guerrero, that Mexico would accept a lower number of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations so that poor countries could be given better access to the widely-successful coronavirus vaccine, as proposed by the United Nations. López Obrador had previously said that Mexico had a
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced on Wednesday, Jan. 13, that Mexico City would further increase its number of hospital beds after several hospitals reached full 100 percent capacity Monday, Jan. 11. Between Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx), 50 hospitals reached maximum occupancy at the start of the week, reaching a total of
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By KELIN DILLON During his daily press conference on the morning of Tuesday, Dec.12, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced that mass distribution of the covid-19 vaccine among the general population will soon begin, starting with Mexico’s elderly population, once all health workers dealing with covid patients have been inoculated. All of the elderly in Mexico are expected
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By KELIN DILLON Despite Jesús Ramírez Cuevas, general coordinator of social communication to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), having tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, AMLO ignored his own government’s covid-19 safety protocols after exposure to the virus to continue with business as usual on Monday, Jan. 11. The Mexican government recommends for anyone who has come into
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By KELIN DILLON Over 30 million Mexican students resumed their public education on Monday, Jan. 11, following the end of the Christmas holidays. Most states in the country will be taking part in the third installment of the Secretariat of Public Education’s (SEP) virtual Learn-at-Home program. The Learn-at-Home initiative is a collaboration between the Mexican government and various national television
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E-Commerce: The Digital Dash for Domination By KELIN DILLON Businesses of all walks of life have suffered as coronavirus has brought economic hardships upon the globe, and the fashion industry has been no exception to covid’s ever-expanding grasp. Many designers have been pushed toward innovation, creating out-of-the-box runway shows and fresh social media content to generate buzz among a generation
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By KELIN DILLON The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in many casualties around the globe, and healthcare personnel, particularly in Mexico, have unfortunately been no exception. Back in September, Amnesty International released a report revealing that Mexico had a higher number of healthcare workers die from covid-related issues than any other country in the world. As of Dec. 21, 2,330 medical
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