The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Ten state governors have demanded the immediate dismissal of Hugo López-Gatell, Mexico’s deputy health minister and the federal government’s chief architect of the coronavirus pandemic strategy.
Airline passenger traffic to Mexico from the United States and Canada last month was down 90.7 and 98 percent respectively compared with 2019.
Mexico is one of 75 nations that have submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other nations through joining the COVAX Facility, a mechanism designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines worldwide.
Mexico’s Education Secretary Esteban Moctezuma is expected to hold a press conference on Monday, July 3, that will lay out federal plans for a safe return to face-to-face classes.
The carbonated soft drinks industry has slammed Mexico’s chief coronavirus spokesperson for describing the sector’s products as “bottled poison.”
Mexico registered another 639 Covid-19 deaths Thursday, July 30, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to exactly 46,000.
While job losses in Mexico decreased significantly in June, the overall balance during the Covid-19 pandemic has been disastrous for the economy, the latest statistics indicate.
With the coronavirus emergency looking set to continue well into the fall, organizers of upcoming cultural events are making early alternative decisions.
Unlike the United States, where the president appears to be undermining the lead member of his coronavirus task force, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has fully backed his chief strategist, the unflappable Hugo Lopez-Gatell, the federal sub-secretary of health who is an experienced epidemiologist to boot.
