Taxis come to abused nurses’ aid
After reports that some nurses have been the targets of discrimination by city bus drivers, around 30 taxi drivers belonging to Guadalajara’s Codigo Rojo collective decided offer them their service free of charge.
Nurses told local radio stations that because bus drivers are refusing to stop for them, many are now changing out of their uniforms after finishing shifts.
Steps taken to prevent looting
With some Mexican states now reporting looting of stores, the Jalisco government has initiated a security strategy that will see state and municipal police forces, as well as the Mexican Army, working closely with the local retail sector, including the National Association of Retailers (ANTAD).
Vallarta ready for Covid-19 onslaught
Puerto Vallarta Mayo Arturo Davalos says the resort city’s public hospital network is well equipped for the Covid-19 onslaught with 466 beds. There are 133 ER spaces, and 42 beds for intensive care, he says. Davalos has also authorized the digging of 500 extra grave sites in municipal cemeteries, but stresses this is only a “precaution.” He says all city councilors have taken a 50-percent pay cut, and opened up a contingency fund of 20 million pesos to help 7,500 families though these difficult economic times.
British cruise passengers fly home
A rescue effort coordinated by the British Embassy in Mexico City and Mexican authorities allowed 46 British citizens – some with possible Covid-19 symptoms – to disembark from the Marella Explorer cruise ship in a Yucatan port Wednesday, and fly home on a charter plane from Merida. In a reciprocal gesture, 141 Mexicans stuck in England were able to fly home thanks to the intervention of British authorities.