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• Interactive map showing Covid-19 statistics by state and municipality
• Vaccination registration page for seniors
• Covid-19 vaccination: municipalities where the process of vaccinating senior citizens has begun.
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COVID roundup: just 37 fatalities recorded Tuesday; new cases total 735
Mexico recorded its lowest daily COVID-19 death toll since April 2020, while new cases were below 1,000 for a third consecutive day.
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COVID: 16 weeks of declining case numbers
Coronavirus case numbers declined during 16 consecutive weeks to early November, Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell said Tuesday.
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COVID roundup: only one state—Baja California—is not green on the new stoplight map
All but one of Mexico’s states are low risk green on the coronavirus stoplight map as the third wave of the pandemic continues to decline.
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Barber goes on the road and keeps working during pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic closed one door for a 27-year-old Mexico City barber but opened another – that of a Volkswagen Kombi.
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COVID roundup: face masks now optional, says Campeche governor
Wearing a face mask in public is now optional but a rule requiring people to mask up in the Gulf coast state remains in effect.
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COVID roundup: virus on the wane for 14 weeks but don’t rule out more outbreaks
The coronavirus point man also said that an increase in case numbers could occur in winter because saliva droplets stay in the air longer.
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COVID roundup: All adults have been offered at least one shot, health minister says
Vaccines have been made available to all Mexicans aged 18 and over thanks to the government vaccination campaign, López-Gatell said.
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Despite pandemic, Michoacán braces for influx of Day of the Dead tourists
The municipalities of Pátzcuaro, Tzintzuntzan, and others are preparing for hundreds of thousands of Day of the Dead tourists.
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COVID roundup: AMLO slams health agency again for slow vaccine approval
President López Obrador again criticized the World Health Organization for delays in the approval of the Sputnik V and CanSino vaccines.
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COVID roundup: health agency invites AMLO to learn about vaccine approvals
After President López Obrador criticized the UN organization, its director advised him to send medical experts to learn more.
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New COVID cases have been declining for 11 weeks
The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues to decline in Mexico but hundreds of COVID-19 deaths are still being reported every day.
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Despite court order, vaccinating youths aged 12-17 against COVID remains in limbo
Health minister says vaccinating children could have a ‘limiting’ effect on the development of their immune systems.
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How a public-private partnership helped Mexico fight Covid
Business leaders, medical experts and public officials came together to transform a convention center into a world-class field hospital.
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COVID roundup: Mexico City among 20 green states on risk map
Green once again dominates the the federal government stoplight map, reflecting the country’s gradual recovery from the third wave of COVID.
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US border reopens to nonessential travel on November 8; vaccination required
The United States land border will reopen to nonessential travelers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on November 8.
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COVID roundup: First half of 2021 sees more young people dying
COVID-19 deaths among Mexicans aged under 60 exceeded those among people above that age in the first half of 2021, a UN organization said
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US to reopen borders to nonessential traffic to fully vaccinated travelers
The US will accept travelers who have been vaccinated with any of the vaccines approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization.
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COVID cases down 43% in first 10 days of October
The coronavirus situation continues to improve with reported cases down 43% while reported COVID-19 deaths declined 24%.
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COVID roundup: numbers continue to show decreasing rates of new infections
The average number of new infections has been decreasing for the last 12 days, but “local trends remain worrisome,” one health director said.
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COVID roundup: 7,697 new cases reported on Wednesday
Mexico’s coronavirus case tally increased by 7,697 to just under 3.7 million, while the official death toll rose by 713 to 280,607.
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Tuesday’s COVID numbers: 788 deaths, 7,682 new cases
An additional 788 COVID-19 fatalities were reported on Tuesday, lifting Mexico’s official death toll to 279,894.
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Stoplight risk map down to just one orange state
Medium risk yellow is the dominant color on the federal government’s new coronavirus stoplight map, which took effect Monday.
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Mexico City approaches low risk green on the COVID stoplight map
CDMX is edging closer to low risk green as numbers of COVID patients in the capital decrease, though the city remains yellow at the moment.
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New COVID cases down 38% this month, though fatalities remain elevated
New infections decreased in September compared to August, but daily average death rate was higher this month.
