As COVID-19 rages, Mexican firm steps up to save lives. Partly staffed by refugees, storied appliance maker Mabe turns its production to safeguarding Latin America’s first responders.
MABE has manufactured and donated more than 30,000 aeroboxes and 500 washing machines to hospitals, clinics and shelters throughout Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Dominican Republic.
https://mexurl.com/mabe
The dam’s takeover is a stark example of how far people are willing to go to defend livelihoods threatened by climate change — and of the kind of conflict that may become more common with increasingly extreme weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/world/americas/mexico-water-boquilla-dam.html
Mexico plans to vaccinate nearly all of its population against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical companies and the WHO-backed COVAX plan, the government said on Tuesday.
The country had allocated $1.659 billion for the purchases of the vaccines, which will be free to the public.
https://reut.rs/34Sd5Tr
Mexico reported on Monday 28,115 new coronavirus infections and 2,789 deaths, both record one-day increases, as the health ministry changed how it classifies some cases and deaths.
Total confirmed cases now stand at 789,780, with a total reported death toll of 81,877.
The health ministry said the record jump includes cases and deaths that date back to June.
True total figures are likely significantly higher due to limited testing.
Mexico’s confirmed coronavirus cases rose to 720,858 on Friday, according to updated data from the health ministry, along with a reported death toll of 75,844.
Authorities reported 5,401 new cases along with 405 deaths on Friday, but the true figures are likely significantly higher due to little testing.
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSE1N2BP00C
65% of peak and falling
Updated 10:18 AM MPDT
Average number of deaths reported each day in Mexico falls by more than 140 over the last 3 weeks, 18% of its previous peak
COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Mexico, with 4,535 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 65% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on July 31.
There have been 684,113 infections and 72,179 coronavirus-related deaths reported in the country since the pandemic began.
https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/mexico/
The confirmed coronavirus death toll in Mexico on Friday topped 70,000 after the government reported more than 500 new deaths, a grim milestone for a country among those most affected by the pandemic.
Health officials late on Friday reported 534 new deaths linked to the virus, bringing the total to 70,183. Another 5,935 cases bring the total to 658,299.
More than 900,000 people have died worldwide from the pandemic, with the deadliest outbreaks in the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico.
Mexico reported 4,647 new confirmed cases of #coronavirus infection and 611 additional fatalities on Wednesday, bringing its totals to 647,507 infections and 69,095 deaths, according to updated health ministry data.
The true number for both figures given above is almost certainly significantly higher due to the low level of testing nationwide. #Mexico’s testing rate ranks among the lowest in Latin #America, with just 0.4 tests per 1,000 people
Mexico is working to produce its own COVID-19 vaccines and could have one ready by next spring, according to a researcher coordinating local efforts amid a global race to tame a disease that has infected over 26.75 million people worldwide.
https://reut.rs/33512kO
Mexico’s health ministry on Thursday reported 5,937 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 513 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 616,894 cases and 66,329 deaths.
The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
https://reut.rs/3booRYC
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to seek senior-level talks with Mexico over imports of perishable fruits and vegetable as part of a broader series of actions meant to bolster U.S. farmers, raising the possibility of future tariffs.
Mexico, in response, said it would seek to “defend the preferential access of Mexican agricultural exports to the United States”.
https://reut.rs/2GlxkjZ
Mexico is due to take part in clinical trials of an Italian vaccine being developed against the coronavirus, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.
Ebrard did not say when Mexico would begin the trials of the GRAd-COV2 vaccine being carried out by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’ in Rome.
https://reut.rs/2QoFVE8
In Mexico, school was cancelled because of the pandemic.
This teacher turned her pickup truck into a portable classroom.
She drives two hours a day to teach children with autism who don't have books or access to the internet.
Mexico’s health ministry on Wednesday reported 5,858 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 737 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 498,380 cases and 54,666 deaths.
The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
https://reut.rs/31QawQx
The Mexican standard, scheduled to take effect in October, will require front-of-pack nutrition labeling that clearly describes the health risks posed when those products are high in sugars, calories, salt, and saturated or trans fat.
Mexico, the largest consumer of processed food in Latin America and the fourth-largest in the world, has long struggled with high rates of obesity and diabetes.
https://reut.rs/3iwEmQv
The new cactus product is not only environmentally friendly, because it does not need any plastics, but also very sustainable. Because the nopal cactus, from which the material is made, requires very little water to grow and can be planted in many places in Mexico.
https://www.mextidbits.com/post/189060991205/veganrobe