Tag: Coronavirus
Columnist mocks Yucatan’s tactics in coronavirus fight
Yucatan's efforts to curb coronavirus were roundly mocked by journalist and explorer Sergio Grosjean.
The orange traffic cones and tape that divert traffic in...
Cancun room reservations trickle in
Vacationers are slowly coming back to Cancun, the governor of Quintana Roo announced.
After the announcement by Gov. Carlos Joaquín González that the state would...
Fewer infections and deaths in Monday report; policeman with COVID-19 dies
Both infections and deaths dropped Monday, but evidence surfaced that the coronavirus has spread to new territory.
Yucatan health officials reported 36 new cases...
For 3rd consecutive day, COVID-19 claims 6 in Yucatan
For the third consecutive day, six COVID-19 patients in Yucatan have died in 24 hours, according to the health ministry.
New cases of contagion totaled...
Alcohol sale ban ends June 1, but Vila Dosal looks for...
(Updated to clarify a start date for alcohol sales.)
Yucatan Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal told a national television journalist that he intends to resume alcohol...
No sign of an arc: 6 dead and 54 new coronavirus...
New infections and deaths from COVID-19 have yet to decrease in Yucatan.
Six fatalities and 54 new infections were reported Saturday by health officials,...
Expats team up with City Hall, local stores to mobilize for...
Progreso Relief volunteers pulled together more than 1,200 food baskets with donations from tiendas.
A 4-month-old is tiniest new coronavirus patient; 6 more die
A day after Yucatan's most discouraging 24 hours in the coronavirus fight, the Yucatan Health Ministry on Friday reported 41 new cases and six...
‘New normal’ will be on hold if trend continues, governor warns
Yucatan Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal threatened to delay reopening the economy after the health ministry reported the most infections and deaths so far in...
Hand gel and cola a fatal cocktail for Progreso man
A Progreso resident died Thursday after drinking a lethal cocktail of antibacterial hand gel mixed with cola.
Ángel Morales, a 50-year-old parking lot attendant, had...
For 200 communities between Campeche and Yucatan, no way in or...
It is Mexico, but at the same time, it is an independent territory, and locals have decided not to grant access to anyone.
Just over...
Worst day yet: 80 new coronavirus cases, 11 more die
Eighty new patients were treated Thursday and another 11 died, the highest numbers reported by the Yucatan Health Ministry since the crisis began.
That...
Merida muralist paints a monumental tribute to health care heroes
Merida, Yucatan — Urban artist Arnold Daniel Cruz Cetina, better known as Datoer, has dedicated his latest project to doctors and nurses.
His mural comes...
Cancun, Riviera Maya reopening delayed by a week
Quintana Roo Gov. Carlos Joaquin says tourism for Cancun, Riviera Maya and the rest of the state could see a reopening between June 8...
Coronavirus patients without symptoms left off ‘official’ count, health ministry reveals
Yucatan health officials clarified which people who test positive for coronavirus are counted as "official new cases." Only patients who present symptoms of the...
Opinion: Yucatan’s ley seca has outlived its usefulness
To the editor:
The governor of Yucatan may want to make sure he is not liable for the deaths caused by implementing ley seca...
Delivering 3,879 packages of food was just the beginning for Yucatan...
By Kimberly Davin DeGraff
As the President of Yucatan Giving Outreach (YGO), I am painfully aware when a crisis or natural disaster hits the small...
Tuesday’s real number of new coronavirus infections was closer to 100
A health department briefing that indicated 54 new infections in the past 24 hours overlooked dozens of new cases. Only five of the 47...
Las Garzas feeds neighborhood in the face of crisis
A Chelem restaurant, whose business has slowed during the coronavirus contingency, has started giving away meals to hungry neighbors.
Las Garzas Hotel & Restaurant prepares...
As 15 are admitted to hospitals, Yucatan finds 54 more with...
Six COVID-19 patients in Yucatan died and 54 new infections were detected Tuesday, as officials shut down the massive San Benito and Lucas de...
1.5 inches of rain is all it took to make Yucatan...
At the end of April, we were imploring the rain gods to bring a storm cloud. We were grateful for a quick cloudburst.
Three weeks...
San Benito, Lucas de Gálvez to shut down, clean up after...
After 119 asymptomatic market venders were given coronavirus tests, 47 workers — 39.5% of them — tested positive.
Now Merida's two largest mercados will be...
Two states in Mexico lift dry laws after finding alcohol consumption...
While Yucatan continues with a dry law that began April 10, two other Mexicans state have lifted their "ley seca."
Sinaloa Gov. Quirino Ordaz Coppel...
As the economy slowly reopens, coronavirus continues spread
Medical personnel detected 39 new coronavirus infections, Yucatan health officials said at the end of Yucatan's first day slowly reopening the economy.
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