Chile already has surpassed China, Germany, France, Spain and many other countries in vaccinating its population.
If we just measure the percentage of vaccinations per population over the past week, Chile ranks No. 1 in the world, followed by the United States.
“Chile’s vaccination campaign is impressive!” tweeted Oxford University researcher and Ourworldindata.org founder Max Roser.
https://a1le.xyz/Aal00T

Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 1,496 new confirmed deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country’s total to 165,786.
The difference between the Mexican government report and our numbers obtained from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA are related to the daily cut-off time which is 00:00UTC
https://a1le.xyz/6thFeb2021

Mexico’s health ministry on Sunday reported 7,030 new confirmed cases of #Coronavirus infection and 462 additional fatalities.
Bringing the total in the country to 1,864,260 cases and 158,536 deaths.
The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases. #COVID19
https://bajanews.site/PJ1qXZ

As the coronavirus swept the globe early last year, Mexican officials made an unusual decision: They would not impose "coercive" measures to force citizens to obey pandemic restrictions.
No curfews.
No arrests.
No fines.
Nearly a year later, Mexico is battling a severe epidemic. Hospitals are at the breaking point. Residents flouting stay-at-home messages fueled a new explosion of cases during the Christmas holidays.
Deaths have soared past 150,000
https://mexurl.com/FXHWSp

Baja California Sur - Between the night of Thursday 14 and the afternoon of this January 17, 471 new cases of Coronavirus and 18 deaths were registered, of which 10 were in La Paz; another 377 people recovered, according to the count issued by the Ministry of Health (SSA).
The cumulative total reached 20,410 confirmed cases from the end of March to date;
https://www.bajanews.site/2021/01/wave-of-deaths.html

Mexico’s Health Ministry on Friday reported 9,679 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 665 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,372,243 cases and 121,837 deaths.
The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

Pandemic ravages Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose public statements have rarely acknowledged the gravity of Mexico’s outbreak, began the month urging Mexicans to forgo the holiday parties that stretch through December into January.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/mexico-coronavirus-amlo-cases-deaths

Families across Mexico scaled down Christmas festivities to avoid the spread of coronavirus, while others spent the holiday alone after having lost loved ones to the pandemic that has killed more than 120,000 in Mexico this year.

Despite having promised to demilitarize public security, during his two years in office President López Obrador (widely known as AMLO) has instead expanded the powers of the Mexican armed forces beyond national security tasks. The recent release from a U.S. jail of General Salvador Cienfuegos, the former head of Mexico’s Ministry of Defense (SEDENA), on foreign relations’ grounds tells us something about the military’s new role in the government.
https://bajanews.site/lIog4r

Regarding deaths, a 7% increase was reported by COVID-19, compared to the previous week.
This increase is due to the cold season, since "the number of acute respiratory infections always increases."

Since 2000, almost three-quarters of the 119 journalists murdered in Mexico were killed by firearms, an investigation by the Cartel Project has found – and most of those weapons are imported.
https://bajanews.site/MexGuns

Mexico’s health ministry on Tuesday reported 11,006 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 800 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,193,255 cases and 110,874 deaths.
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

Brazil has recorded its first possible case of Candida auris, a rare fungus that can cause drug-resistant infections and potential fatalities, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday.
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa was alerted on Monday to the possible infection in a patient admitted to an adult intensive care unit in a hospital in the northeastern state of Bahia, according to a ministry statement.
https://reut.rs/2JPLtrw

Corrupt Mexican officials have helped drug cartels in the country obtain state-of-the-art spyware which can be used to hack mobile phones, according to a senior DEA official.
As many as 25 private companies – including the Israeli company NSO Group and the Italian firm Hacking Team – have sold surveillance software to Mexican federal and state police forces, but there is little or no regulation of the sector – and no way to control where the spyware ends up, said the officials.

Mexico aims to begin the COVID-19 vaccination process for 125,000 people in December.
Mexico’s Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez Gatell said Mexico will prioritize health workers and elderly people to receive the first 250,000 doses of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine in December and January, with the second phase of Mexico’s vaccination program slated to begin in February.

American politicians and Mexican media and the American press has been quick to tie López Obrador’s actions to his coziness with Trump—and highlight Mexico sharing a stance with Brazil, Russia, and North Korea, all of which have yet to recognize Biden’s win.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/11/mexico-us-donald-trump/617126/