The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A 4.5-meter high totem carved from a single tree in Chumatlán, Veracruz has made the 9,000-kilometer trek to the United Kingdom in time for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
A replica of the figure of an indigenous woman from the Huasteca culture that was found earlier this year in a field in the state of Veracruz will replace the Christopher Columbus statue on Mexico City’s famous Avenida de la Reforma.
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.
Many people have complained of issues with the Mexican government website (cvcovid.salud.gob.mx) where one’s vaccine certification document can be obtained.
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.
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.
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.
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.
