Tag: Coronavirus
Woman, 46, is Yucatan’s 5th coronavirus fatality
Merida, Yucatan — A fifth fatality was reported today by Yucatan health officials battling the spread of coronavirus.
Additionally, eight new cases of COVID-19 were...
Residents asked to disinfect trash bags before leaving them on the...
Merida, Yucatan — Pamplona garbage-collection customers are asked to disinfect the trash bags they set on the curb.
Garbage collectors, vulnerable to bacteria and virus...
1st of 15 sanitation tents begins spritzing shoppers at Lucas de...
Merida, Yucatan — The city's latest tool in the fight against COVID-19 looks a little like a car wash for people.
It's the city's first "módulo...
Health workers harassed, vilified while on the pandemic’s front lines
Mexico's Health workers on the front line in the war on coronavirus also face the public's aggression born of fear.
A young Merida nurse at...
8 new cases bring Yucatan coronavirus count to 83
Another eight new cases of COVID-19 in Yucatan were announced in a press conference that was delivered by video this evening.
That brings to 83...
Pigeons at Plaza Grande are dying since people stopped coming to...
Merida, Yucatan — Dead pigeons are being found at city's main park, apparently unable to live without the people who used to feed them.
Parks...
Over 100,000 in 2 days apply for Yucatan state aid
Merida, Yucatan — The state program to boost the economy battered by coronavirus contingencies brought out over 100,000 Yucatecans seeking aid since Monday.
The vast...
4th coronavirus victim dies in Yucatan as new cases grow
Yucatan's fourth COVID-19 death was reported Tuesday by the Health Ministry.
The victim was a 65-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension and obesity. He is the...
Monday was the Yucatan Peninsula’s deadliest day yet
COVID-19 deaths on the Yucatan Peninsula doubled Monday, the deadliest day yet for the region's three states since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
One...
Sanitation stations with hand-washing sinks appear in Historic Center
Merida, Yucatan — Hand-washing sinks, booths and a sanitation tunnel that disinfects whole bodies were installed at different points in Merida's Historic Center.
The latest approach...
Campeche sees 1st coronavirus death, a 49-year-old male
A 49-year-old man living in Ciudad de Carmen became Campeche state's first COVID-19 fatality, according to the state health secretariat.
The unnamed victim had a...
Don’t forget all those other illnesses we used to worry about,...
Along with the coronavirus that is keeping residents at home, the Yucatan Health Secretariat (SSY) calls on the public to remain on guard against...
State launches aid programs for workers, businesses and households
A day after Yucatan discovered five new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 68, the government launched several aid programs to stimulate a flatlined...
If hospitals become overwhelmed, federal program leans on empty hotels
The federal secretariats of health and tourism are advancing a “Hotel Covid-19” program in Mérida, turning the city's empty hospitality centers into hospitals.
Anticipating...
Residents shield Chicxulub from outsiders as Mexico’s COVID-19 death toll spikes
As residents in one coastal town took it upon themselves to create a blockade, two more coronavirus cases were registered in Yucatan Saturday, bringing...
Cities use drones that spray disinfectant in COVID-19 battle
Drones don't just take pretty photos of the city's parks and churches. They also spray public areas with disinfectant, when needed.
It's a concept that...
Uber driver exposes public’s fear getting near hospital workers
Merida, Yucatan — An Uber driver is the man of the hour after coming to the rescue of a nurse who was kicked off...
Policing coronavirus: No one travels without a good reason
Travel through Yucatan gets only more difficult after health officials announced the state's first two coronavirus deaths on Friday.
Residents in Ciudad Caucel and Fracc....
Cruise ship worker in Merida hospital with coronavirus, family friend says
What became of the four crew members infected with coronavirus after the Marella Explorer 2 anchored off Yucatan after being turned away in Barbados?
At...
Beer production in Yucatan, and the rest of Mexico, may grind...
A battle between three major beverage makers and the federal government is threatening to cause a major beer shortage across Mexico.
Mexico's three major beer...
Cruise ship passenger brought to Yucatan dies of coronavirus
A British passenger brought ashore from a stranded cruise ship died in a Merida hospital on Friday, the second announced coronavirus death here in...
COVID-19’s causes, cures and consequences
Everyone knows by now that COVID-19 is a highly contagious
infection caused by a coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
But
reading a lot of articles from many different sources, I...
36-year-old man is 1st in Yucatan to die of coronavirus
Merida, Yucatan — A man, 36, was the first in Yucatan to die of COVID-19 as the the number of coronavirus cases spiked Friday.
An...
Streets closures in Centro as Yucatan adds 1 more coronavirus case
The latest numbers
Yucatan added one confirmed COVID-19 case to its official tally, which is now at 54.
Through Thursday, 177 out of 300 suspected cases...
