Stricter coronavirus restrictions will take effect in the capital on Monday while rules in Jalisco were eased on Friday.
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400,000 jobs recovered since August represent 36% of total lost to pandemic
More than a third of jobs lost due to the coronavirus and associated economic restrictions were recovered between August and October.
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Mexico City edging closer to maximum coronavirus risk level
The city is close to regressing to maximum risk on the coronavirus stoplight system due to a further increase in hospitalizations.
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7,600 new virus cases reported; most in one day since August 1
The accumulated case tally now stands at 986,177 almost 8 1/2 months after the coronavirus was first detected in Mexico.
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Guerrero announces stricter Covid measures ahead of Christmas holidays
Stricter coronavirus restrictions designed to avoid a spike in case numbers as the Christmas season approaches are in effect in Guerrero.
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Sonora, Sinaloa, Guanajuato backslide to high risk on coronavirus map
The three states will change to orange on the stoplight risk map while Nayarit, Michoacán and Quintana Roo move from high risk to medium.
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Covid hospitalizations rose steadily in Mexico City in past month
The number of coronavirus patients in Mexico City hospitals increased 12.6% over the past month, meaning tighter restrictions are coming.
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Chihuahua announces 14-day curfew on nonessential commercial activities
A two-week curfew on nonessential commercial activities designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus takes effect Thursday.
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Governor’s photos don’t necessarily reveal truth about lockdown measures
The governor of Jalisco and many social media users have a very different perception about the success of coronavirus restrictions.
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Mexico City ramps up Covid testing to complete a record 42,000 in one week
The number of people tested in the last week of October was 48% higher than the previous record set in the first week of September.
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Essential activities only as coronavirus stoplight turns red for Durango
Red light “maximum” risk coronavirus restrictions will apply starting Tuesday due to an increase in cases and Covid-19 deaths.
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October second worst month for Covid after July with 181,000 new cases
October was the second worst month for coronavirus cases in Mexico since the start of the pandemic, official data shows. FULL STORY
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Minister sidesteps question on nonessential travel at northern border
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard failed to give a definitive answer when asked if Mexico would enforce the ban on nonessential land travel.
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Puebla authorities criticized for Covid ventilator scene in Day of Death altar
The altar it installed Tuesday featured Catrina skeletons in medical scrubs in a hospital scene with a “patient” hooked up to a ventilator.
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Workers protest shortage of supplies, personnel at CDMX hospital
Health workers at the Mexico City hospital protested against a lack of equipment and staff to attend to a growing number of Covid patients.
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No Covid worries for devotee of St. Jude: ‘He can take care of it’
The coronavirus pandemic couldn’t stop devotees of Saint Jude Thaddeus flocking to the San Hipólito church in Mexico City on Wednesday.
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As of Sunday, not wearing a face mask in Nuevo León could land you in jail
The health minister said that people not wearing masks could be arrested and detained for 36 hours.
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Worst-case scenario is Covid vaccine by March; best-case December
Authorities in Mexico hope to be able to start vaccinating people against the coronavirus before the end of winter.
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Jalisco to press ’emergency button’ after increase in Covid cases
Stricter coronavirus restrictions will be implemented in Jalisco for two weeks starting Friday due to an increase in new case numbers.
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Doctors say 5 patients died during power failure at Tijuana hospital
Five intubated Covid patients died on the weekend at the General Hospital, and authorities are investigating if a power failure was to blame.
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López-Gatell, AMLO say no to enforcing use of coronavirus face masks
Both President López Obrador and the deputy health minister ruled out any possibility that the government will enforce the use of face masks.
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Mexico City mayor tests positive for coronavirus
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced Tuesday that she had tested positive for Covid-19 but was currently asymptomatic.
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Nuevo León rejects its orange virus ranking, says it should be ‘intense red’
The health minister noted that the state government’s coronavirus numbers are significantly higher than the federal government’s numbers.
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Authorities report 193,000 excess deaths; 139,000 attributed to Covid
There were 193,170 excess deaths in Mexico between January 1 and September 26, more than 70% of which are attributable to Covid-19.
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October could become the second worst month for Covid after July
October’s accumulated tally has already exceeded that of June when health authorities reported 135,425 new cases.
