Mexico News Today, MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020

MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020

Virus could leave 10.7 million more in poverty Between 6.1 million and 10.7 million people could be left in situations of poverty as a result of income loss due to the sharp economic downturn caused by Covid-19 according to the federal government’s social development agency. FULL STORY Flu season could bring challenge with second wave of virus Health official says the number of serious Covid-19 cases could increase by 15% during flu season, which could coincide with a new wave of infections. As of Sunday evening, cases numbered 35,022. FULL STORY RELATED: Virus cases, deaths surge; no sign that curve is flattening. FULL STORY Share this email and introduce friends to Mexico News Daily Forward

Supreme Court rules ‘grand fraud’ in extension of Baja governor’s term The court has scuttled the plans of Baja California Governor Jaime Bonilla to remain in office for five years instead of two. FULL STORY Robbery believed motive in murder of IMSS employees Two men have been arrested in the brutal murders of three healthcare workers in Coahuila, and robbery appears to have been the motive.  FULL STORY Mothers of the missing have nothing to celebrate Mother’s Day is no time for celebration for women whose children are among the more than 60,000 missing people in Mexico. FULL STORY Anonymous tip leads to discovery of 25 bodies Authorities have uncovered the remains of at least 25 people in a clandestine grave in the municipality of El Salto, Jalisco.  FULL STORY Gold-encrusted rifle seized A criminal suspect in the state of Puebla was arrested in possession of a gold-encrusted assault rifle in Tehuacán. FULL STORY Under pressure from locals, facilities in Yucatán town reopened—and closed People in at least one Yucatán community are fed up with coronavirus isolation.  FULL STORY Chilangos break quarantine for Mother’s Day purchases Traffic and public transit use increased in Mexico City on Sunday as many residents disregarded the recommendation to stay at home in order to make Mother’s Day purchases. FULL STORY Spring breakers planning June holiday in Baja Some 2,000 spring breakers are expected to return to Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo in June. FULL STORY American Legion bar prepares meals for needy It may not have any customers right now, but the American Legion bar in Mexico City hasn’t closed the kitchen down completely. It is now being put to use cooking meals for couriers, street vendors, the homeless and others struggling in the economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. FULL STORY On social media, beer goes for 3,000 pesos for 24 cans The black market for beer in Sonora is booming, with prices soaring to 3,000 pesos, about US $125, on Sunday for a 24-pack on social media. Two months ago, the price for a 24-pack was around 240 pesos in stores.  FULL STORY New injunction halts Maya Train construction A court in Chiapas has issued a provisional suspension order against the project, halting construction in three municipalities due to coronavirus concerns. FULL STORY Rising number of virus cases triggers US health alert The U.S. Embassy issued a health alert on Friday, once again urging U.S. citizens who wish to return home to do so now unless they are prepared to remain in Mexico for an “indefinite period.”  FULL STORY Doctors angered by AMLO: 'they were out to get rich' President López Obrador apologized to doctors on Monday after more than 30 medical associations demanded an apology for saying doctors only sought to enrich themselves during Mexico’s “neoliberal” era. FULL STORY NYT a famous newspaper but lacking ethics: AMLO President López Obrador has described The New York Times as a famous newspaper with “few ethics” three days after the newspaper reported that the federal government is not reporting all coronavirus-related deaths in Mexico City. FULL STORY ‘Lack of rigor’ seen in stories about underreported deaths Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell rejected reports in foreign newspapers that claimed coronavirus case numbers and deaths in Mexico are higher than those reported and insinuated the stories were politically motivated. FULL STORY Tornado delivers winds up to 220 km/h in Nuevo León Howling winds, furiously whirling dark clouds and scraps of sheet metal careening through the skies were what residents of Apodaca faced on Friday afternoon. FULL STORY Nurse is a ray of sunshine for Covid-19 patients, families For some patients, the face of Laura Martínez de la Luz is the last they ever see, but the Mexico City nurse makes sure that they know their families loved them to the very end. FULL STORY THE MND POLL THE STORY: AMLO: violence will be controlled because there is no longer collusion FULL STORY THE QUESTION: How likely is it that there is no longer collusion between authorities and organized crime? VOTE HERE LAST POLL: Do you have confidence in the government's coronavirus predictions? 91% said no. VIEW FULL RESULTS

MEXICO LIFE Mexico’s artisans struggle to survive in a Covid-19 world Artisans face an unprecedented situation, perhaps even catastrophe, writes Leigh Thelmadatter. “Non-essential businesses” are shut, tourism is dead and street traffic is nil. FULL STORY Fluffy, flavorful Swiss chard omelette is stupendously delicious The simple chard and potato-filled omelette was cottony-light, so tender in the mouth and so unforgettable, writes Janet Blaser, that she had to have the recipe. FULL STORY

How to Cut Your Own Hair From touch ups to buzz cuts: GQ grooming columnist Phillip Picardi on how to stay shaped up while socially distancing.

https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-cut-your-own-hair

Grooming

How to Cut Your Own Hair

From touch ups to buzz cuts: GQ grooming columnist Phillip Picardi on how to stay shaped up while socially distancing. 

BY PHILLIP PICARDI

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Record virus cases; AMLO rejects strategy change—again; moms: kids search essential; breweries still closed; signs of fires in cenote 10,000 years ago FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2020

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2020

Thursday sets a record for new Covid-19 cases Mexico recorded its biggest single-day increase to both its coronavirus case tally and death toll, lifting the former to almost 30,000 and the latter to just under 3,000. FULL STORY RELATED: Covid-19 cases up 1,609, biggest single-day increase yet; death toll over 2,700. FULL STORY President dismisses 3rd call by business group to modify economic strategy President López Obrador has rejected a new call to offer greater support to the private sector amid the coronavirus-induced economic crisis, seeing private sector aid as nothing more than a bail-out for large corporations. FULL STORY   Share this email and introduce friends to Mexico News Daily Forward

AMLO says renewable energy sources provide nothing; figures show otherwise They generate much of Mexico’s power at much lower prices than the Federal Electricity Commission but private energy companies have still incurred the wrath of President López Obrador. FULL STORY Competition commission warns of higher power rates Electricity rates could go up as a result of measures that will delay the commencement of new renewable energy projects and ramp up production at old state-run power plants. FULL STORY Commission contradicts AMLO: family violence complaints have risen President López Obrador assured the nation that domestic violence has not increased during the coronavirus quarantine but the statistics say otherwise. FULL STORY 3 sisters, all IMSS workers, murdered in Coahuila Three sisters who worked for the Social Security Institute were found strangled to death in Torreón on Friday. FULL STORY Senator criticizes daughter’s decision to hold beach party The daughter of a Baja California senator ignored coronavirus measures to throw a beach party this week. FULL STORY 42% of Covid-19 patients in Nayarit are IMSS personnel The governor has accused the Social Security Institute of failing to protect health workers adequately. FULL STORY Despite symptoms, senior released from hospital twice A 73-year-old México state man was sent home from the same hospital twice this week despite being diagnosed with pneumonia and suffering serious coronavirus-like symptoms. FULL STORY Deaths bring disreputable funeral service operators Elevated numbers of deaths from the coronavirus and restrictions on wakes and burials in some parts of the country have led to the rise of an illicit funeral market that is overcharging and swindling families. FULL STORY 89-year-old woman with diabetes beats Covid-19 The Guerrero woman survived a 17-day bout of Covid-19 and was released from an Acapulco hospital this week. FULL STORY Curfew, more hospital beds for Playa del Carmen Fearing the devastating economic effects of a resurgence in coronavirus cases, authorities have ordered a nightly curfew. FULL STORY Scientists find evidence of fires built 10,000 years ago The first settlers of the Yucatán Peninsula built bonfires 10,000 years ago in a cave now flooded with water, studies have confirmed. FULL STORY

Thursday sets a record for new Covid-19 cases, deaths; trend ‘clearly upward’ Report claims feds are hiding true extent of Mexico City deaths

Coronavirus cases in Mexico as of Thursday evening. MILENIO

Thursday sets a record for new Covid-19 cases, deaths; trend ‘clearly upward’

Report claims feds are hiding true extent of Mexico City deaths

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Published on Friday, May 8, 2020

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Mexico recorded its biggest single-day increase to both its coronavirus case tally and death toll on Thursday, lifting the former to almost 30,000 and the latter to just under 3,000.

The federal Health Ministry reported 1,982 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of accumulated cases since the disease was first detected at the end of February to 29,616. It also reported 257 additional fatalities, lifting the death toll to 2,961.

Mexico’s coronavirus fatality rate is now in double figures for the first time at 10 per 1,000 confirmed cases.

A total of 10,392 additional confirmed cases were added to Mexico’s tally in the first week of May, 37% more than in the final seven days of April. Health authorities reported 1,102 coronavirus-related deaths in the first week of this month, 39% more than the 790 fatalities recorded in the last week of April.

Health Ministry Director of Epidemiology José Luis Alomía said Thursday night that Mexico’s epidemic curve continues to maintain a “clear upward trend,” contradicting Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell’s assertion on Tuesday that the curve is flattening.

The coronavirus death toll was approaching 3,000 as of Thursday evening. MILENIO

Alomía told reporters at the nightly coronavirus press briefing that 7,802 of the almost 30,000 confirmed cases are considered to be active. He also said that there are 18,812 suspected Covid-19 cases across the country and that 117,211 people have now been tested for the disease.

Mexico City has the highest number of accumulated and active coronavirus cases, with 8,129 of the former and 2,051 of the latter. México state ranks second in both categories, with 5,077 accumulated cases and 1,203 active ones, according to Health Ministry data.

Eight states have more than 200 active cases: Veracruz (329); Tabasco (329); Baja California (309); Yucatán (296); Morelos (293); Puebla (264); Sinaloa (259); and Nuevo León (229). Active cases have surged in Nuevo León this month, increasing by 144% from 94 on May 1.

At the municipal level, Iztapalapa in Mexico City continues to lead the country for active cases, with 503. Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, is second followed by Centro (Villahermosa), Tabasco; Culiacán, Sinaloa; and Nezahualcóyotl, México state.

Mexico City has also recorded the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths, with 696 fatalities as of Thursday, according to Health Ministry figures.

However, The New York Times reported on Friday that the federal government is not reporting hundreds or possibly thousands of Covid-19 deaths in the capital. It said that Mexico City officials have counted more than three times the number of fatalities than the federal government has publicly acknowledged.

Active cases of Covid-19 in Mexico. MILENIO

The Times reported that Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum began to suspect that federal data was flawed a month ago but has not spoken out publicly because she doesn’t want to embarrass President López Obrador, her close political ally.

Two former federal health ministers, José Narro Robles and José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, publicly expressed doubt this week about the government’s coronavirus statistics and modeling, with the latter asserting that the figures are “almost irrelevant.”

According to official figures, Baja California has the second highest death toll in Mexico, with 344 fatalities.

Six other states have recorded more than 100 coronavirus-related deaths: México state (275); Sinaloa (197); Tabasco (188); Quintana Roo (168); Puebla (124); and Chihuahua (117).

At the municipal level, Tijuana, Baja California, has the highest death toll, with 243 fatalities, followed by Culiacán, Sinaloa (139); Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City (135); Benito Juárez (Cancún), Quintana Roo (131); and Iztapalapa, Mexico City (110).

Among the almost 3,000 people confirmed to have lost their lives to Covid-19, 503 did not have an identified existing health problem that made them more vulnerable to the disease nor were they aged over 65.

Five foreigners have died of Covid-19 in Mexico, according to Health Ministry data – one person from each of Cuba, Greece, Canada, Chile and El Salvador.

Source: Milenio (sp) 

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