General News

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.

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.

In its first projections of Covid-19 deaths out to November 1, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting more than 200,000 deaths in the United States. 

The carbonated soft drinks industry has slammed Mexico’s chief coronavirus spokesperson for describing the sector’s products as “bottled poison.”

Do you know anyone who has been infected with coronavirus, or even someone who has died? Chances are you don’t.

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.

National Action Party (PAN) state legislator Irma de Anda has proposed changes to the penal code that would sanction people who willfully or negligently infect others with coronavirus with a prison term of up to three years.