With more than 200 thousand deaths from Covid-19 and 2.2 million contagions officially confirmed, a report from the British newspaper The Guardian described the crisis that Mexico is experiencing as “a tragedy”Caused by the arrogance of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the negligence of his government to contain the spread of virus.
In the text published this Saturday, The Guardian highlighted that Lopez Obrador, does not take the pandemic seriously and confuses the population about the measures to prevent the contagion of Covid-19.
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“Many believe that the president’s arrogant approach hampered the ability to Mexico to control your epidemic by confusing the citizens, with terrible consequences for the families ”, indicates the report.
The British media exemplifies that the president of Mexico, like other populist leaders such as Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump, avoid following the recommendations to avoid the spread of the virus such as the use of face masks or physical distancing.
“Lopez Obrador has downplayed the virus, has continued to tour his country, has embraced his followers and has resisted containment measures “, added.
The report of The Guardian also criticizes Hugo Lopez-Gatell, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion. The newspaper points out that the person in charge of promoting sanitary measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 was caught on a beach in Oaxaca during the December holidays, “despite urging citizens to stay home.”
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Eduardo González-Pier, former Mexican undersecretary of health, told The Guardian that Mexico, Brazil and USA, the latter before the arrival of Joe Biden to the presidency, they will be the first countries that come to mind due to the mismanagement of the pandemic from Covid-19.
These countries occupy the top three places in terms of deaths from Covid-19 in the world. According to the count of the Universidad Johns Hopkins, USA has 554 thousand deceased, Brazil 382 thousand and Mexico 200 thousand, although this week the Ministry of Health recognized 94 thousand additional deaths from the pandemic.
“Bolsonaro, Trump and Lopez Obrador they had a similar attitude: denial, late response, minimization of severity, and also the idea of not suspending activities, ”Eduardo González-Pier commented to the British media.
The former official stressed that, having made a good response to the virus, Mexico would have prevented between 100 and 200 thousand deaths from Covid-19.
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