By KELIN DILLON Figures from Mexico’s Secretariat of Health (SSA) revealed that between 45 and 50 percent of the Mexican population have already contracted covid-19, according to a new study conducted between the National Institute of Public Health and the University of Washington’s Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). “We estimate that 47 percent of the people who live
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By KELIN DILLON The Washington Post reported on Thursday, March 18, that the United States will send part of its excess supply of covid-19 vaccines to Mexico, which was then confirmed by Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and the U.S. White House. “There is a vaccine agreement with the United States, to follow up on the conversation between Presidents
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By KELIN DILLON International attention was brought to the Mexican government’s mishandling of nation’s covid resurgence in a New York Times article published on Monday, Dec. 21, by Natalie Kitroeff. The Mexican government had reassured its constituents that Mexico City had not reached case levels high enough to re-enter the red zone during a briefing on Dec. 4. However, according
Read moreXINHUA Mexican authorities said on Friday, Dec. 18, that they would re-impose lockdown measures in Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx) amid surging covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. With hospital capacity close to 75 percent, a level similar to that of June, and year-end festivities around the corner, the measures are aimed at reducing the spread and curbing the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Reshuffles his Queens The reshuffling of women in the Mexican presidential cabinet that was announced on Monday, Dec. 7, may not be to the liking of many, but the dice have already rolled and the shots stand. The problem with the five reappointed women in the cabinet of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is not
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid-19, Imported From Italy Mexican Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell informed the public on Sunday, March 1, that there are now five confirmed cases of Covid-19 (also known as novel coronavirus), plus 11 suspected cases. Hence, he said, the nation is not in a state of emergency. López-Gatell said that the outbreak of the virus in Mexico
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XINHUA The Mexican government announced on Friday the country’s first case of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, on Friday, Feb. 28. Mexican Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez said in a news conference that a 35-year-old man had tested positive for the virus. The patient, who had recently traveled to northern Italy, tested positive in two separate tests on Thursday, Feb.
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