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Although the COVID-19 alert in the world is no longer as dramatic as in the previous two years, the international authorities have requested the December holidays, in the case of Mexico known as Guadalupe Reyes Marathonprotective measures are being strengthened to avoid contagion.
The December festivities in Mexico begin on December 12 with the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and then give way to posadas, Christmas, New Years and the Three Kings Festival.
With 6.64 million deaths worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic and the emergence of different variants, a call is made to maintain and strengthen individual safety measures to prevent the spread of infections.
WHO recommendations to prevent contagion during the December holidays
To have a safe Guadalupe Reyes Marathon, WHO has made the following recommendations:
- Have the complete vaccination schedule
- Maintain personal protective measures
- Use a face mask correctly
- Respect the healthy distance of at least one meter
- Ventilate enclosed spaces
- Avoid crowds and enclosed spaces
- Wash your hands constantly
- Use a tissue or the inside of your elbow when coughing or sneezing
- Hold meetings as securely as possible
- Avoid traveling if there is any risk
- People who are sick, unvaccinated, over the age of 60, and people with chronic illnesses are advised to postpone travel in case of community transmission
- Those who have to travel for important reasons are requested to be attentive to any symptoms and to respect the preventive measures at all times.
- Go to reliable sources to stay informed
Will Mexico receive Christmas with a new wave of COVID?
COVID cases have increased in recent weeks in several countries around the world due to two new subvariants of omicron. These are XBB, considered “the nightmare” by some medical reports, and BQ.1, nicknamed the “hell hound”, but could this cause a new wave of infections in Mexico?
Since epidemiological week number 45 (we are currently at 48) there has been a progressive increase in COVID cases, reported the undersecretary of health, Hugo López-Gatell, last Tuesday, November 29, during the morning conference by President Andrés Manuel Lopez obrador.
“In our country, as we have also been warning for several months, from the summer, and after a period of decline, there could be a trend change and we will begin to have more infections. But fortunately the increase has not accelerated, it is much slower than the reduction of cases and this is very important to keep in mind,” she said.
