By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite not having yet been approved by any international health organization or having had its Phase 3 clinical trials published or peer-reviewed by external sources, Mexico on Wednesday, Feb. 10, approved emergency use of the controversial Chinese CanSino covid-19 vaccine. Produced by the Beijing-based CanSino Biologics, the still-experimental one-shot vaccine is alleged by China to have a
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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 THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — who is currently working from his private residence inside the National Palace after he tested positive for the covid-19 virus over the weekend — said in a tweet Monday, Jan. 25, that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a telephone call earlier in the day and
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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 THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Friday, Jan. 22, that municipal and state governments, as well as private enterprises, will be allowed to acquire and distribute covid-19 vaccines. Speaking in his daily morning press conference at the National Palace, AMLO said that he had instructed the Mexican Public Health Secretariat (SSA) to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Welcomes Biden Newly instated U.S. President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech on Wednesday, Jan. 20, was welcomed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who said it was full of good news. Asked during his Thursday, Jan. 21, press conference whether he felt threatened by Biden, AMLO responded: “We have nothing to object to. On the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid-19 Vaccines Politicized Ever since the Mexican government announcement on Friday, Jan. 15, that “the last batch” of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines — 219,375 vaccine units, to be exact, half the expected number of doses, would arrive in the country Tuesday, Jan. 19, the topic became a focus of a raging political debate. But at the root of that
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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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