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Mexico is the second country in North America, after the United States, with the highest number of new cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections. On Sunday, the local Ministry of Health announced over 1000 new deaths. Why is Mexico not coping with the epidemic?
Hundreds of deaths daily and thousands of new SARS-CoV-2 infections
On Sunday, the director of epidemiology, Jose Luis Alomia, reported 1044 deaths due to COVID-19 and 5 new coronavirus infections with SARS-CoV-343. Both the number of deaths and the number of infections were the second highest since the start of the pandemic. To date, 2 people in Mexico have contracted SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, and 185 have died. Experts believe these numbers are understated. 122 people were also cured.
Alomia noted that not all reported deaths occurred within 24 hours. Many of the fatalities recorded on Sunday died in May and the first half of June. How is the epidemic developing in Mexico? Why is it not manageable?
Most infections in the capital city, lifting restrictions came too quickly
The greatest number of infections with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was recorded in the capital of Mexico. Experts suggest that the coronavirus was brought into the country by wealthier people – including returning to the country from business trips or holidays. Unfortunately, it has quickly spread to low-income workers who have no problem accessing health services.
Statistical Mexicans are at risk of severe infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Many of them are overweight, have high blood pressure or diabetes. Statistics show that nearly ¾ of the deaths of the coronavirus were related to these chronic diseases. In recent decades, Mexico has increased access to cheap processed foods and sugary alcoholic beverages, increasing the number of obese and chronic disease people.
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Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gattel said that 65 percent. those who died due to COVID-19 are men over the age of 65. But it wasn’t just the Mexican lifestyle that contributed to the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
The actions of the government are also of great importance. On June 16, when the number of new infections and deaths was still high, the Mexican authorities began to “ease” the restrictions. Factories reopened – around 340 workers returned to work.
Some hotels and restaurants have resumed operations in Baja California Sur, and beaches have reopened. After a few days, small shops and other service points were also opened.
Churches and restaurants were also to resume operations, with new guidelines regarding the number of people who can stay in these premises.
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According to official data, over a million people lost their jobs nationwide in the period from March to May. Unofficially, this rate is certainly higher, as many Mexicans work in the shadow economy.
President Andres Manuel Lopez and his government have been criticized for introducing restrictions too slowly, and for dropping them too quickly. Looking at the charts showing the daily increase in new cases in Mexico, it can be concluded that the peak of the epidemic is just right now. According to the deputy health minister, the epidemic in this country may last until October.
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