XINHUA Due in large part to a government national vaccination campaign, while the incidence of covid-19 cases in the United States has tripled over the last two weeks, in Mexico they have been on the decline for the last four months, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo López-Gatell said Tuesday, May 17. While there have been some “slight variations”
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Monday, May 9, that he had signed an agreement with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel the day before in Havana to import Cuban medications — including infant vaccines against the covid-19 virus — and to hire 800 Cuban doctors. During his daily press conference at the National
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Thursday, April 28, all children in Mexico age 12 and over, regardless of their personal health status, will be able to register on line to receive a covid-19 vaccination, Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell announced Tuesday, April 26. “These vaccines are no longer just for girls and boys with pre-existing conditions,” said
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Wednesday, April 13, that his administration will begin vaccinating children against covid-19 starting in May, as long as Mexico receives the needed vaccines from the Covax (United Nations Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility) mechanism. “We have paid in advance for a batch of vaccines from the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just one day after Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced that the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) government was beginning negotiations for Qatar Airways to open direct flights to Mexico, using the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the Middle Eastern airlines on Wednesday, April 6, contradicted Ebrard, saying it has no plans
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Qatar Airways will soon begin negotiations to establish direct flights between Doha and Mexico City, Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday, April 5. The airlines, which already services more than 150 international destinations with a fleet of 200 aircraft, would theoretically be flying to the newly opened Felipe Ángeles International Airport
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XINHUA Mexico and China have made significant gains from cooperation in trade and other areas since the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations 50 years ago, Mexican Economy Secretary Tatiana Clouthier said last week. “We are very pleased” with the “significant achievements that have been cultivated over time,” Clouthier said in an interview with the Chinese news agency Xinhua. “China is
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Saturday, Jan. 22, all foreign visitors entering the United States by land ports of entry or ferry terminals are required to show proof of full vaccination against covid-19 with a World Health Organization (WHO) approved vaccine, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. At the same time, those entering by land
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health and federal covid-19 czar Hugo López-Gatell said Tuesday, Jan. 18, that, for now at least, the acquisition and administration of the newly approved anti-covid pills will remain in the hands of the government. “Commercial registration authorizations will not, at this time, be granted for their use or administration,” he
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF An unmasked Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) appeared live in his daily presser Monday, Jan. 17, saying that he no longer had symptoms of covid-19 (which he was confirmed to have contracted for the second time exactly one week earlier). During the conference, AMLO said that he “cleared” the covid contagion and
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