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
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO More than 25 million Mexican public preschool, primary and secondary education students are due to return to in-person classes on Monday, Aug. 29. Mexico’s 2022-2023 school year will last through July 26 of next year, with an obligatory and controversial study plan designed by the Public Education Secretariat (SEP) to showcase the government of President Andrés Manuel
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Missing the Concept of Face Masks
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As expected, U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday, Dec. 2, that all travelers entering the United States from abroad will be required to have a covid-19 antigen test within 24 hours before boarding their plane, starting Monday, Dec. 6. Previously, international travelers were required to have the test within 72 hours of their flight.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Amistad Británico-Mexicana, the nonprofit disaster relief organization founded by members of the British community in Mexico after the devastating 1985 earthquake, is now producing and donating free-of-charge protective visors to front-line medical personnel. Building on the earlier successes of its campaign, “Masks Save Medics, Medics Save Lives,” Amistrad, with support from both the British
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XINHUA A shipment of 11 tons of medical supplies arrived in Mexico from China late Friday, April 10, to help the country address the Covid-19 pandemic, Mexican authorities said. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said via his Twitter account that an Aeroméxico Boeing 787-8 aircraft had transported the shipment, which included 1.9 million face masks and 820,000 surgical masks. “The
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