Mexico Covid-19

• Mexico downplays high rate of coronavirus infections, deaths among health workers

  The Health Department said 1,410 doctors, nurses and other hospital employees had died from COVID-19, while a total of 104,590 medical workers had tested positive for the coronavirus.

  World

  Sep 4, 2020
  
• Mexico’s coronavirus chief ducks calls to resign as country’s death count overtakes U.K.

  Assistant Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell said Friday that "I express my respect" to the nine of Mexico's 32 state governors who called for his resignation.

  World

  Aug 1, 2020
  
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• Mexico coronavirus numbers swell with over 4,000 new cases, 596 deaths

  Mexico now has 124,301 confirmed cases and 14,649 deaths, but officials acknowledge that given Mexico's low rate of testing, the real numbers are probably many times higher.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2020
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• Mexico City’s coronavirus deaths are triple its official toll, report suggests

  Anti-corruption group Mexicans Against Corruption said in a report Monday the suspected COVID-19 death toll in Mexico City is three times that of the official toll of 1,332.

  Health

  May 19, 2020