Tag: Coronavirus
IMSS hospital director resigns after patients turned away
The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) officially announced the resignation of Dr. Carlos Felipe Sarzo Moreno as director of the Benito Juárez García hospital,...
Mexico brings home cremated remains of COVID victims who died in...
Mexico will repatriate some 200 urns containing the cremated remains of coronavirus-infected nationals who died in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE)...
Progreso pier shines blue to honor health-care workers in Yucatan
"You are our heroes," said Yucatan Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal as he inaugurated a display of blue lights along the arches of Progreso's massive...
Mexico’s health undersecretary finds ‘uncontrolled epidemic’ in Merida
"It is urgent to act in Yucatan," Mexico's health undersecretary said as he declared Merida to be in the midst of an "uncontrolled epidemic."
Coronavirus...
Yucatan remains at the ‘orange light’ while COVID deaths approach 600
Yucatan remains at the second-highest stage of alert — the orange "traffic signal" — despite rising hospitalizations and 159 new coronavirus infections and 16 fatalities announced...
Coronavirus fatalities in Yucatan have been in double digits for 14...
Another 16 coronavirus fatalities and 165 new infections in 24 hours were reported Wednesday by the Yucatan Health Ministry.
While 72% of the 5,580 people...
55 businesses suspended for not following contingency regulations
State health inspectors have forced 55 businesses across Yucatan to close after they were found to have ignored coronavirus contingency measures.
In the current wave...
101 deaths in 7 days while 13 more hospital beds are...
Another 15 coronavirus patients died within the past 24 hours, matching the number of fatalities reported Monday, Yucatan health authorities said. That makes 101...
149 new coronavirus cases as hospitalizations jump; 15 more die
Returning to triple digits, daily new infections jumped by 149 while daily fatalities totaled 15, Yucatan health authorities reported Monday.
Hospitalizations jumped by 11, raising...
Restaurants see little gain from opening doors over the weekend
After getting what they wanted — the right to open their doors on weekends — the head of the local restaurant guild said it...
71 coronavirus deaths since July 1; hospitalizations soar
The Yucatan Health Secretariat reported 99 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus as well as 16 deaths, the same number as Saturday when daily fatalities...
Plan on hold to fill buses, taxis and Ubers full capacity
Updated: Yucatan government officials have put on hold a plan to allow urban buses to run at full capacity. Some seats are still being...
Yucatan begins another week at the ‘orange light’
Yucatan stays at the second-highest level of alert this week while fifteen other states were given the "red light" by the federal health ministry.
Despite...
Record coronavirus deaths in Yucatan: 16 in 24 hours
The coronavirus in Yucatan once again broke a record when 16 patients were reported to have died within 24 hours.
New cases stayed in triple...
COVID deaths in Yucatan doubled in 4 weeks
In less than a month, the mortality rate from COVID-19 doubled in Yucatan, a closer look at Yucatan Health Ministry numbers reveals.
While the true...
In 91 days, 500 coronavirus deaths in Yucatan
Thirteen more coronavirus patients died — the fourth straight day with the exact same number — while 125 new infections were reported by Yucatan...
Parks reopen, restaurants allowed to seat customers on weekends
Although still closed as of Friday afternoon, parks and playing fields in Yucatan were due to reopen today as officials cautiously continue back to...
Yucatan recovery hangs onto ‘orange light’ despite rising cases, deaths
More than three months after the start of the pandemic, the COVID-19 crisis continues to wreak havoc in Yucatan, where 487 deaths have occurred...
108 newly infected, 106 recoveries as Yucatan’s battle with COVID enters...
New coronavirus cases dropped but stayed in triple digits, according to Wednesday's health ministry briefing.
Yucatan health officials said 108 were infected and 13 died,...
Aeromexico files for bankruptcy hoping to survive pandemic
Aeromexico filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, Mexico’s oldest legacy airline said Tuesday.
Chapter 11 is a form of bankruptcy in which the carrier can keep...
Coronavirus infections soar and double-digit hospitalizations continue in Yucatan
Coronavirus infections jumped dramatically and deaths continued a slow but steady rise, the Yucatan health ministry's briefing revealed Tuesday.
Hospitalizations jumped again by double digits...
Tourists slowly return to Merida’s historic center
Despite the increase in COVID-19 cases, tourists are slowly returning to Merida.
Although Yucatan's coronavirus infections are not known to have peaked, some tourists...
Man, rejected by coronavirus ward, dies at Merida hospital gates
A 24-year-old Cholul man turned away by O'Horán Hospital died at the Merida medical facility's gates, Diario de Yucatan reported.
The unnamed man, who relied...
Despite high coronavirus caseload, Mexico City begins reopening
Mexico City went from "red" to "orange" on the economic reopening traffic light Monday, allowing more businesses to reopen Monday, after almost three months...
