Tag: Coronavirus
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...
Daily coronavirus deaths steady as infections drop and hospital admissions jump...
New infections dropped by 71 cases while 12 more people died with coronavirus, Yucatan health officials reported Monday.
Officials detected 88 infections in 24 hours....
Normal alcohol sales resume in Yucatan as government lets dry law...
Supermarkets, warehouse clubs and convenience stores can go back to selling booze directly to customers.
The restrictions on alcohol sales in Yucatan, meant to prevent...
Daily new coronavirus cases continue to increase in triple digits
For the fifth consecutive day, daily COVID-19 infections climbed in triple digits as 159 new patients were added to the state's caseload, the Yucatan...
Violent COVID deniers hold back health care workers in Chiapas
Medical workers and elected officials have faced death threats and property damage for trying to fight coronavirus in Chiapas, the state with Mexico's highest...
Yucatan’s coronavirus infections, hospitalizations jump
Coronavirus infections jumped Saturday, passing the 4,000 mark, while daily deaths have remained fairly steady since Wednesday.
Yucatan health officials reported 11 more deaths...
Source: Restrictions on alcohol sales in stores end Monday
Shops in Yucatan will be able to sell beer, wine and liquor directly to customers starting Monday, ending a series of dry laws that...
COVID-19 caseload grows by 135 while deaths average nearly 9 a...
Yucatan's coronavirus deaths totaled 62 in the last seven days after 10 fatalities were reported Friday.
Patients died at an average of nearly nine...
Aeromexico increasing Merida flights in July
In July, Aeromexico plans to double its flights in and out of Merida as the airline continues restoring routes it was forced to abandon...
Despite 152 new infections, economic recovery remains at the ‘orange’ light
Another 152 new cases and 10 coronavirus-related deaths were reported Thursday in Yucatan. Despite the high number of new infections, the second-highest so far...
ISSSTE health care workers protest lack of protection from COVID-19
Workers at the ISSSTE Regional Hospital Elvia Carrillo Puerto in Merida staged a walkout Thursday morning to complain about the quality of the personal...
Mexico repeatedly proved wrong about COVID-19’s peak
Mexico reached its second-highest number of daily fatalities since the coronavirus pandemic began, confirming 947 deaths Wednesday. The highest daily toll came June 3...
COVID-19 infections in Yucatan soar: 203 new cases in 1 day
A drastic increase in COVID-19 cases was announced when 203 new cases were disclosed Wednesday by Yucatan health authorities.
That is by far the largest...
Yucatan struggles to keep up with registering 521 new infections in...
The official number of daily infections shot up from the low- to mid-90s in each of the last four days to 160 in the...
Merida mayor warns of ‘the most serious moment of contagion and...
Given the increase in confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19, Merida Mayor Renán Barrera Concha warned that "we are in the most serious moment...
6-month-old baby dies from coronavirus as new infections again top 90
Six coronavirus patients died, including a 6-month-old, and another 95 were found to be infected in the past 24 hours.
New infections included 80 in...
90 new COVID-19 infections, as virus is linked to storm and...
Coronavirus infections in Yucatan reached 3,096 when 90 new infections were announced Sunday by state health officials. Hospitalizations also shot up.
Another 10 patients died,...
