Tag: Coronavirus
AMLO gives some of Mexico’s vaccines to poorer countries
Mexico's president is turning away some shipments of coronavirus vaccine to share them with poorer countries, Reforma reported.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported...
Yucatán runs out of vaccine, waits for next shipment
Yucatán has already exhausted its first batch of coronavirus vaccine doses, the governor announced Saturday. The state's 9,750 doses were administered to medical staff...
COVID deaths top 3,000 as Yucatán clings to economic recovery
Nine coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday brought Yucatán's fatality total to 3,002, health ministry officials announced.
Another 113 new infections were added to the caseload, the officials...
Vaccination drive in Yucatán begins with veteran O’Horán nurse
Yucatán's coronavirus vaccination drive began Wednesday morning when a nurse at a Mérida public hospital received a shot.
Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal, surrounded by news...
Pfizer vaccines arrive in Yucatán; health-care workers to get shots immediately
As Yucatan's first coronavirus vaccines arrived Tuesday, the governor pleaded with residents not to let the state go back to lockdown.
Arriving by military planes...
The post-holiday spread: 43% more test positive in 1 week
Coronavirus is spreading more quickly across Mexico than at any other time in the pandemic.
Active coronavirus cases in Yucatán rose by 43% in one...
Canada flags 5 flights from Mexico for COVID exposure
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control has identified 22 recent flights, including five from Mexico, that seated at least one passenger with COVID-19.
The flights...
Alarm in Yucatán over rising number of coronavirus patients
Coronavirus hospitalizations jumped by 33 in one week as Yucatan health officials warned that other parts of Mexico have gone back to lockdown. In...
9 players with COVID force Venados to cancel game
The Venados de Yucatán postponed Tuesday's match against the Oaxaca Alebrijes after nine members of its team tested positive for COVID-19.
The coronavirus screening was...
Canadians barred from flights home under new COVID rules
Ten passengers were blocked from boarding a flight from Cancun to Calgary for lacking the proper test for the coronavirus, WestJet Airlines said Thursday....
First vaccine doses to arrive as COVID cases rise
The first coronavirus vaccines will arrive on Jan. 12, Yucatan officials announced as new infections rose dramatically for a second consecutive day, passing 27,000...
Can sports fans return to the stands in 2021?
Despite encouraging news, the future of sports in Yucatán remains uncertain.
Several leagues are moving forward with plans for a 2021 comeback, but it remains...
Political motives seen in AMLO’s vaccine plan
Mexico's coronavirus rollout plans were criticized Tuesday for allegedly favoring the president's political base.
"We're going to start at the bottom, where the most...
Scammers access personal info after promising coronavirus vaccines
Fake "vaccination teams" were reported in Quintana Roo, visiting homes and asking for copies of their ID cards, authorities said.
The teams said the...
Mexico OKs 2nd vaccine, but not its 1-shot alternative
Mexico has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.
Monday's progress will push a slow-moving vaccination drive that has only given about 44,000 shots...
For 2020, nearly 3,000 COVID deaths in Yucatán
Yucatán closed the year with 26,492 coronavirus cases which led to 2,903 deaths. And those were just the official numbers tabulated from a health...
Younger Manzanero calls his father’s COVID death a wake-up call
Juan Pablo Manzanero warns that his famous father's death is a lesson against lowering our guard against COVID-19.
Armando Manzanero, the famed Yucatan-born balladeer, died...
Mexico City nurse is first in Latin America to receive COVID...
A 59-year-old intensive care nurse in Mexico City was the first person in Latin America to receive an approved coronavirus vaccine.
Maria Irene Ramirez got...
Despite pandemic, shoppers and vendors crowd the Historic Center
The influx of Christmas shoppers to the Historic Center continues to increase despite the coronavirus spread.
Street vendors have also returned to the sidewalks, further...
AMLO: COVID vaccinations will be voluntary and for everyone
Clearing the way for foreign residents to get protected, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared the coronavirus "universal and free" and that taking the...
Mexico and US welcome UK flights despite new coronavirus strain
The London Gatwick-Cancun route and all other flights between the United Kingdom and Mexico are safe for now.
Mexico is still allowing flights from...
Song legend Manzanero, 85, improving in battle with COVID-19
Mexican composer and Yucatecan singer Armando Manzanero, a bolero icon, is recovering satisfactorily after being hospitalized on Thursday with COVID-19, his press office reported...
New coronavirus cases in Yucatán exceed 100 once again
New daily infections were in triple digits four out the past seven days as coronavirus continued its spread in Yucatán.
Doctors announced nine deaths and...
Yucatán still at ‘orange’ with few dramatic changes in coronavirus data
Yucatán remained one step below red alert and 105 more coronavirus infections were found in 24 hours, health ministry officials said Thursday. Another seven...
