Several hospitals in Mexico City tasked with treating cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are at full capacity or are close to it, health officials revealed. Despite government assurances and admitted efforts to downplay the true spread of the pandemic, Mexico continues to see a rising number of cases.
Mexican health officials stopped providing weekly estimates of the number of cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that provide what they believe to be the true reach of the pandemic. Instead, officials are simply providing the daily number of confirmed cases. Mexico has only carried out 65,500 tests nationwide, while other countries have tested their population in much larger numbers.
The director of a Mexican government clinic on the front lines of fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the border state of Coahuila died after becoming infected. The doctor is the third high-ranking Mexican health official to die after contracting the virus.
Despite the many assurances given by Mexican health officials, the nation saw a 19 percent rise in fatalities in one day from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The spike comes just one day after health officials confirmed a ten percent rise in fatalities the prior day.
Mexican health officials confirmed a ten percent rise in fatalities tied to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in one day. The current death toll stands at 546 — up 60 from the previous day.
A Mexican governor called out federal health officials for lying to the public about “non-existent” health care centers, sub-par protective equipment, and assurances that only place the public at risk. The harshest criticism to date comes as other governors called out federal health officials for claiming all is well in regard to the spread of the novel-coronavirus (COVID-19).
Mexican health officials confirmed the continuing rise in the number of fatalities resulting from the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In a single day, officials documented 40 fatalities bringing the new total to 273 since the start of the pandemic in Mexico.
Mexican health officials reported 39 deaths in a single day directly related to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The total death climbed to 233 fatalities since the pandemic first entered the country.
Mexican officials confirmed the death of an emergency room director in the central part of the country as a result of the novel coronavirus. The doctor is the second top-ranking hospital official to die from COVID-19 in Mexico this week.
Government officials in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon announced a new series of operations aimed at curving an expected spike in highway robberies targeting commercial vehicles and possible looting. The expected crime wave comes at a time when highway travel has greatly diminished following the arrival of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mexico.
State police officers in the border city of Nuevo Laredo are on high alert after one officer began to show coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms. Officials placed that officer under quarantine while testing takes place.
Mexico’s top health officials said there is no scientifically proven benefit for the general public wearing face covers or masks in curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The statement contradicts new recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that encourage the use of cloth overs. The dismissing of covers by Mexican officials also comes at a time when cases of the virus have climbed to 1,688 — up 178 new confirmed patients from the day before.
A second Mexican governor announced that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The announcement comes just one day after another governor who had recent meetings with Mexico’s president also announced his infection with the virus.
Health officials in Mexico begged for people to stay indoors claiming it is their last chance at keeping its coronavirus cases from exploding in an exponential manner. Mexico currently has 848 confirmed COVID-19 cases, up from 717 one day prior.
Mexican health officials announced 132 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday as the new totals reach 717 confirmed cases and 12 fatalities. Five medical care providers also became infected while treating patients of the pandemic.
Three Mexican border governors called on the president of Mexico to halt border crossings from Texas as cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to rise. The call to action comes as Mexico prepares for the Holy Week vacation period that tends to drive up the number of visitors to the northern states.
One of the largest newspapers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas began the process of filing a federal complaint after an immigration official at one of the bridges in Reynosa threatened and assaulted one of their photographers. The newspaper is also notifying Mexico’s Human Rights Commission. The alleged assault comes at a time when Mexico continues to be labeled by international press freedom groups as one of the most dangerous places for journalists.
Mexican health officials asked people to stay at home and find ways to work remotely as the country’s cases of the Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19) reach 251. The government reported a jump of 48 new cases in one day but no new fatalities.
Mexican health officials announced a total of 203 cases of the Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19) after confirming 39 new positive tests in one day. The number of suspicious cases that could be ruled as confirmed with further testing also saw a dramatic jump from 448 to 606 in one day.
Mexican health officials asked the public to limit non-essential travel outside of the country as other nations also began to restrict their borders due to the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The announcement comes as Mexico just announced the confirmation of 15 new cases through testing in a 24-hour span. The current total in Mexico is 41 confirmed cases and 155 possible cases where testing is pending.
Mexican health officials confirmed 11 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the total to 26 since the virus first appeared in the country. With the exception of one case, all of the current cases in Mexico have been from individuals who returned from travel to the U.S., Europe, or Asia.
Health officials in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon confirmed a case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This marks the second case of COVID-19 reported in a Mexican state bordering Texas. The confirmation comes on the same day that the World Health Organization officially reclassified the global coronavirus crisis outbreak as a pandemic.
U.S. Immigration and Customs and Border Protection agents teamed up to return more than 1,000 Mexican migrants deep into their country’s interior under a new Trump Administration program.
Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf praised Mexico for its actions to secure the border between that country and Guatemala. His comments come after National Guard troops and immigration officials held off hundreds of Honduran caravan migrants attempting to illegally cross their border.
Mexican authorities are in a state of high alert over an intelligence alert from U.S. authorities warning about a possible suicide bomber traveling north with a group of four others. Breitbart published a redacted copy of the initial intelligence report from U.S. Border Patrol.
Mexico announced the deployment of 15,000 military and national guard troops to the country’s northern border with the U.S.
Mexican officials announced plans this week to deploy approximately 6,500 of its national guard troops at 12 checkpoints near the country’s southern border. The move comes in response to nearly 400,000 Central American and other migrants who entered the nation in the last three months on journeys to the U.S. Mexico City also discussed plans to deport approximately 2,500 migrants per day.
Mexican tax officials froze the assets of 26 individuals and entities they allege are tied to human smuggling organizations or to promoting Central American migrant caravans. The caravans moved thousands of individuals from the “northern triangle” through Mexico to the U.S. border. The funding for the migrant caravans allegedly came from the U.S., England, Africa, and Central America.
Mexican officials claim they are ready to provide help as Texas deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The offer comes as the two countries appear to be at odds over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Mexican government entered the court battle over Texas’ new sanctuary city ban by filing an “affidavit of concern.”
Border Patrol officials in southern Arizona renewed a partnership with Mexican immigration officials by adding a provision increasing prosecutorial efforts against human smuggling.
As the Trump Administration continues its efforts to round up criminal aliens, the Mexican government is beginning a nationwide campaign in the U.S. to help “protect” migrants. The campaign will be waged in all 50 Mexican consulates across the U.S.
Mexican authorities are using the deportation of a woman in Arizona as a platform to promote their consular services pointing to a “new reality” with “severe applications of migration control.”
Mexico’s Foreign Ministry has begun a series of immediate actions in their various consulates in the U.S., just days after the November 8 presidential election. Consular authorities are asking Mexicans to avoid conflict and actions that could get them arrested.
The Mexican government has been preparing a financial contingency plan should Donald J. Trump win on November 8.
Mexico’s Minister of Economy has called Donald Trump “The Devil” in reference to his willingness to convince the GOP candidate to change course on NAFTA.
Mexican authorities recently announced they have confiscated 11 planes, eight vehicles and six houses belonging to notorious kingpin and Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán in the past five months. However, concern is growing in Mexico over why the government can’t—or won’t—seize even more of the drug lord’s considerable assets.
A Mexican politician became the target of criticism after she recently asked if giving a lethal injection to the region’s homeless and those with psychiatric ailments was a better option than letting them run wild. The comment was made by Olga Gutierrez de Machorro, a public official in the Mexican town of Tecamachalco Puebla
The Mexican government is in essence saying, “Pay for your own wall,” referring to 2016 Presidential Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump’s demand that Mexico pay for the wall he intends to build when he is elected president.
The spectacular escape of the world’s most notorious drug trafficker — Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo — from a Mexican high-security prison is a massive embarrassment for the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
