Tag: Coronavirus
COVID hospitalizations up by 24 in a week
Coronavirus hospitalizations rose by 24 in one week and new cases jumped by 253 in the past four days, Yucatán health ministry data shows....
Mexican Senate bestows highest award upon medical community
The Mexican Senate has bestowed upon the country's medical professionals the Belisario Domínguez Medal, the highest award bestowed by the legislative body to those...
Mexico’s Catholics urged to worship the Virgin from home
Approximately 20,000 devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe have visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe so far in December 2020, according to...
Mexico’s COVID fatalities much younger than Europe’s
Mexico’s median age of death from COVID-19 is a shockingly young 55, as compared to an average of 75 in many European countries, said...
Dogs in Mexico apparently catching coronavirus from people
Yucatán is among 10 states in which pet dogs may have contracted COVID-19, Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Thursday. But the...
Mexico vows free coronavirus vaccinations, but policy on expats is unclear
A national COVID-19 immunization policy was unveiled today when Mexico Health Undersecretary Hugo López Gatell pledged free vaccinations for everyone.
It was unclear, however, how...
The return of the tianguistas’ street markets in Mérida
After almost nine months after coronavirus contingencies shut them down, Mérida's fleamarkets are being phased back into existence.
City officials promise strict sanitary protocols.
Hundreds of...
Fatalities begin to follow rising coronavirus cases in Yucatán
New COVID-related cases and fatalities continued to rise in Yucatán in the last seven days.
New daily infections averaged 116, compared to 106 the week...
Yucatan remains in orange as infections continue in triple digits
Yucatan will continue operating under the "orange" alert after reporting that the state's COVID positivity rate climbed slightly.
Hospitalizations were stable and the state's positivity...
Pfizer vaccine expected in Yucatan by month’s end
The first approved coronavirus vaccines will arrive in Yucatán as soon as late December, said Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal.
Between 3,000 and 4,000 doses...
Coronavirus vaccine tested in Yucatan with as many as 2,000 volunteers
Clinical trials for a possible coronavirus vaccine have begun with up to 2,000 volunteers in Yucatan.
CanSino Biologics had already started testing its coronavirus...
Yucatan reports a steady rise in coronavirus infections
New coronavirus infections in the last seven days averaged 106, an increase of 40 over the previous three weeks, Yucatan health data indicates.
On Saturday,...
New coronavirus cases spike in Yucatan, reaching 24-day high
Jumping by 22 in one day, new COVID-19 cases in Yucatan rose again and exceeded 100 for the first time this month.
State health officials...
Coronavirus rebounds as 30-year-old man dies in Yucatan
Daily coronavirus cases inched up for a fifth straight day, rising from 45 to 92, Yucatan health officials announced. Overall infections counted since March...
Canada urges snowbirds to stay home this winter
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the country is "not there yet" when asked whether a new national lockdown would be imposed. Photo: Canadian...
Coronavirus deaths and new cases are stable, but Yucatan idles at...
Yucatan remains at the orange epidemiological traffic light after hospitalizations rose by nearly a third in the past two weeks and positivity rates remained...
Tourists crowd Acapulco beaches as mayor considers new coronavirus lockdown
An onslaught of holiday-weekend tourists who ignored social-distancing protocols has Acapulco's mayor considering closing the resort city's beaches.
Mayor Adela Román Ocampo described such as...
Holidays already at odds with coronavirus protocols in Yucatan
Mérida, Yucatán — The pre-holiday Buen Fin discount promotion drove shoppers to the Centro. The long holiday weekend, which culminates with Día de la Revolución...
Hope and fear remain after 8 months of coronavirus infections in...
Eight months after the first COVID-19 case was detected in Yucatan, seven more deaths and 71 new cases were reported in the last 24...
2 states in Mexico under coronavirus red alert
Two Mexican states remain under the highest level of coronavirus alert, the "red light" of the epidemiological traffic signal.
Another 18 are in orange...
Direct flights between Merida and Houston promised by Dec. 1
After numerous false starts, United Airlines will officially resume its Houston-Merida route, bringing a second direct flight between Yucatan and the United States by...
Revival of ‘Mérida en Domingo,’ a pandemic casualty, under discussion
Mérida en Domingo, the festive weekly crafts and food event at the Plaza Grande, was one of the first traditions to fall to the...
Another 2 weeks of orange alert for Yucatan
Yucatan remains stalled at the orange traffic light, state health authorities said Thursday.
Doctors also announced 74 new coronavirus infections and nine deaths in...
No more patients at convention center’s COVID hospital
The makeshift hospital built at the Siglo XXI convention center has admitted no new coronavirus patients in 24 hours and is empty for the...
