The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Various media outlets are highlighting the trade in false Covid-19 vaccination certification documents, which are mostly being sought by people who wish to travel but do not want get jabbed.
With the arrival of 585,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine on October 14, Mexico surpassed its population in the number of vaccine doses received: 126,502,658.
Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell said this week that confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Mexico have declined for the sixth consecutive week, a clear indication that the “third wave” of the pandemic is dissipating.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico’s home-produced Covid-19 vaccine, known as “Patria,” is entering the second stage of trials, after “good results” in the preliminary stage.
Amid a mounting migration crisis at both Mexico’s northern and southern borders, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged his U.S. counterpart to “stop talking and act” on promised regional investment to alleviate the economic hardship suffered by millions of Central Americans.
The head of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco), Ricardo Sheffield, has called out private hospitals and clinics that have hiked up their fees disproportionately, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ken Salazar’s tenure as U.S. ambassador to Mexico began formally September 13, when he “presented his credentials” to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The National Statistics Institute (Inegi) reports that 21.1 million Mexicans over the age of 18 were victims of some kind of criminal act in 2020.
Mexico is the latest country to become wrapped up in the controversial issue of removing monuments of now discredited historical figures of the past.
