The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused the cancellation of various show events Y sports in Mexico, while various companies have asked their workers to carry out home office in order to counteract the spread of the virus among the population.
Until yesterday, the federal government reported 93 cases confirmed in MexicoLikewise, another 206 suspected cases nationwide.
Still on MILLENNIUM breaking news about the coronavirus in Mexico. In addition, here you can keep abreast of what is happening internationally.
UNAM asks to take action
The special commission for the care of the coronavirus UNAM He recommended adopting hygiene and safety measures to avoid Covid-19 infections, since he stated that prevention begins at home.
In addition, he asked not to panic or incur discrimination, but the population should be alert to the evolution of the disease and whoever has a respiratory infection “should seek medical attention according to its severity”
INE process suspended
The Technical Evaluation Committee of the candidates to the INE General Council released the list of 60 candidates selected for the interview phase, but simultaneously confirmed the decision to suspend the process due to the coronavirus contingency and until there is conditions to continue.
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With coronavirus, director of manufacturer José Cuervo
Becle, owner of brands like José Cuervo, announced that its director, Juan Domingo Beckmann Legorreta, was diagnosed with Covid-19.
In a statement sent to the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV), Becle said that Beckmann’s condition is stable and he is attending to the respective medical indications.
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Mexico’s secretary and undersecretary are denounced
The secretary and the undersecretary of Health, Jorge Carlos Alcocer Varela Y Hugo López-Gatell, were denounced in the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for his presumed responsibility in the crimes of attempted homicide and injuries, due to the lack of actions to face the coronavirus (Covid-19) in our country.
Likewise, in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a complaint was filed against the Mexican State, requesting the application of precautionary measures for the lack of action by the federal authorities to respond to the contingency.
Postpone Morena’s internal election
Alejandro Rojas, aspiring to the national leadership of Brunette, raised the possibility of postponing the party’s internal election, scheduled for July, for six months in the face of the contingency caused by the Covid-19 and announced that he will ask the Electoral Court to reconsider his sentence.
CdMx tracked almost 16 thousand cases via SMS
The government of Mexico City reported that one day after implement a system 15,600 SMS text messages were received to guide the population about some doubts regarding the coronavirus.
Health Secretary Oliva López said that of these 20 were classified as suspects, one is in home isolation and will have telephone monitoring, while another is hospitalized.
Qualified athlete to Tokyo 2020 gives positive
After making a camp in Barcelona, the pentathlete Mariana Arceo was positive for coronavirus, confirmed the president of the Mexican Federation of Modern Pentathlon, Juan Manzo.
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Mass of the Basilica of Guadalupe will be on television
The archbishop primate of Mexico, Carlos Aguiar Retes, reported that from March 22 the Sunday mass will be broadcast from the Basilica of Guadalupe on open television. The mass signal will also be broadcast on various social networks and digital platforms.
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Coordination of actions with the US and Canada
The Secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, reported that the Mexican government is coordinating with the United States and Canada “to facilitate coordination and the exchange of information regarding the public health contingency we are experiencing.”
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I am in communication with my counterparts in the United States and Canada to facilitate coordination and the exchange of information regarding the public health contingency we are experiencing.
– Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) March 18, 2020
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Audi to halt production for two weeks
Audi de México will stop production for two weeks at its plant in San José Chiapa, Puebla, starting next March 23, in response to national and international preventive health measures and in line with the recommendations of its headquarters Audi AG, in the face of the worldwide Covid-19 outbreak.
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There are 10 confirmed cases in Puebla
The Governor of Puebla, Miguel Barbosa Huerta and the Secretary of Health that state, Humberto Uribe Tellez, reported that the number of people who tested positive for coronavirus in the entity rose to 10.
There are currently seven tests in the State Laboratory, the results of which are expected to be revealed today.
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There are 3 suspected cases in Tamaulipas
The Ministry of Health of Tamaulipas reported that a new case of coronavirus was reported today. This is a 5-year-old girl residing in Matamoros.
With this they add 3 possible cases; the other two are in Ciudad Victoria and one in Reynosa. So far, only one positive case has been registered in the municipality of Altamira.
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Coronavirus impacts toilet paper prices
The search for toilet paper against the spread of Covid-19 in the world has caused the prices of the product to rise, said the market researcher Euromonitor International.
According to the consultancy Via’s e-commerce price monitoring solution, countries that are approaching a higher coronavirus incidence point have shown a significant increase in the average price of toilet paper in the last 30 days.
CdMx metro suspends drinking fountains at stations
The Collective Transportation System (STC) informed that it will indefinitely suspend the service of 430 drinking fountains distributed in the 12 Metro Lines, as part of the hygiene and prevention measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus.
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Banxico auctions $ 2 billion in foreign exchange hedges
Given the coronavirus alert, Banco de México (Banxico) reported that by instruction of the Exchange Commission today it will auction currency hedges for 2 billion dollars with the aim of promoting better liquidity conditions, a better price discovery and an orderly operation of the exchange market.
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Payment of pension to older adults will be advanced
President He stated that before the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, the payment of the pension for older adults Starting this week, that is, the beneficiaries will receive 5,240 pesos, the equivalent of four months, so he asked them to manage the money that is deposited.
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AMLO asks not to buy mouthguards if not necessary
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador He asked that if it is not necessary not to buy mouthguards in the face of the coronavirus alert because, he said, these can be used when you are sick and may be scarce.
“With regard to the coronavirus, the face mask has already been told by the doctor that if you are sick you must stay home and if you are not sick you should not be consuming them because they can be used later and they will be scarce if needed,” he said at a conference morning press at the National Palace.
Honda to suspend production in Celaya
Honda to suspend operations at its plant Celaya, Guanajuato, for six days due to a decrease in demand due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, this as part of a decision that will affect other facilities in North America.
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Veracruz confirms first two cases
The Veracruz government confirmed the first two cases of people with coronavirus in the entity.
“As a result of this deep investigation that we are doing in all the people who arrive, two positive cases have been detected,” reported the head of the epidemiological surveillance department, Dulce María Espejo.
They are a 22-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, who are already in confinement to prevent the spread of the disease; both are imported cases as they recently arrived from abroad.
In Veracruz there are 30 suspected cases studied; Currently 4 under investigation and 24 were negative, which were treated on an outpatient basis because they were stable.
Coronavirus does not stop protests at the National Palace
Despite the containment by the Covid-19, the marches and protests continue to occur from an early hour without preventive hygiene measures.
Members of National Oil Movement “Joaquín Hernández Galicia” from different states, especially from Tabasco dismissed more than 2 decades ago, protesting outside gate 1 of the National Palace.
They demand that their jobs be returned to them and a favorable response from federal authorities.
Antibacterial products sold up to 500 pesos
Products are sold online antibacterial, as wet wipes and sprays, at high prices of up to 500 pesos for two containers with 35 towels each, or the disinfectant of 354 grams in 479 pesos; while in self-service stores, until this Tuesday, these products were out of stock.
In spite of the Attorney General’s Office (Profeco), cannot mediate what is offered online, it will continue to check the prices of products that have been exhausted in the face of the coronavirus contingency in the country.
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Declare emergency and close clubs and gyms
To attack coronavirus cases in New Lion, the municipality of San Pedro Garza García ordered to close indefinitely bars, clubs, gyms and cinemas, so that the public force or arrest will apply to those who violate this declaration of emergency.
José Dávalos Siller, Secretary of the City Council, and Mayor Miguel Treviño de Hoyos, launched the maximum alert on this health issue, after it became known that 12 of the 14 cases of Covid-19 detected in Nuevo León are from Sampetrino residents.
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