The federal government has been forced to come out and clarify that all resident foreigners in Mexico are entitled to free Covid-19 vaccines after reports from some inoculation sites that citizens without National Electoral Institute (INE) credentials were being denied shots.

During a visit this week from his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernández, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador struck out at wealthy nations, whom he accuses of hoarding Covid-19 vaccines.

Mexico’s Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (InDRE) has ruled out the existence of a Mexican variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus after analyzing four samples in which a mutation was identified by University of Guadalajara (UdG) researchers.

To avoid further blackouts in northern Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has called on Mexicans to regulate their electricity use between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. 

Brigades of health workers began to apply the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines designated for citizens over age 60 in 23 Jalisco municipalities as of Tuesday, February 16.

Announcing that he has fully recovered from his bout of Covid-19, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador immediately jumped back into controversy, declaring that under no circumstance will he be wearing a face mask from now on.