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COVID-19 in Mexico: 15,944 dead and 133,974 confirmed cases The federal government believes that the coronavirus pandemic will reach its peak of contagions during the next week, although it will last in some areas until October
June 11, 2020
The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported this Thursday, June 11 that the accumulated COVID-19 infections are 133,974. Furthermore, since the beginning of the epidemic, Mexico has suffered 15,944 fatalities.
The Government of Mexico believes that the COVID-19 pandemic will reach its maximum contagion point during the next week, although it will last in some areas until October, and it declares itself "ready" to face a possible new wave by the end of the year.
"We started in February, we will end in October and we could say that in mid-June we will be in the middle of the set of epidemic curves," the Mexican undersecretary for Prevention and Promotion of Health, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, in charge of lead the fight against the disease in the country.
The authorities had announced that the peak would arrive in early May, but L?pez-Gatell clarified that this date was due only to the metropolitan area of Mexico City, the most affected area.
He stressed that in a country as large as Mexico a single peak cannot be established because the epidemic is "segmented" by territory, although he calculated that "an intermediate point would be in the middle of June."
And it is that cities like Tijuana (Baja California) are already on the decline, while infections in Monterrey (Nuevo Le?n) are still on the rise and this city could declare the end of the epidemic in mid-October.
The epidemiologist, who offers a press conference on the health crisis every day, explained that the pandemic "has become so long thanks to mitigation measures" by the Government, which has prevented "a sudden number of cases from arriving "
"Only if the degree of control of public mobility is maintained during the following three months, the predictions will be faithful and possibly we will be with a figure of between 25,000 and 30,000 deaths. If not, we could have a higher mortality, "he warned.
On the other hand, the coordinator of the University Program of Health Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Samuel Ponce de Le?n, indicated that COVID-19 will continue in the world indefinitely and that it will represent a health risk until 2021.
In a virtual press conference, the expert pointed out that the country will have to learn to cope with the risk for more than 12 months, when the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is ready and can reach the population.
“We are going to have to learn to cope with this relationship and to minimize the risk. We will return to classes, to work, to go out, to live together in different circumstances and we always bear in mind the risk, ”he explained.
He recalled that between the months of October and December an outbreak of infections is estimated to occur, so it will depend on the rapid action of the authorities to contain it and control it properly.
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COVID-19 in Mexico: 15,944 dead and 133,974 confirmed cases The federal government believes that the coronavirus pandemic will reach its peak of contagions during the next week, although it will last in some areas until October
June 11, 2020
The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported this Thursday, June 11 that the accumulated COVID-19 infections are 133,974. Furthermore, since the beginning of the epidemic, Mexico has suffered 15,944 fatalities.
The Government of Mexico believes that the COVID-19 pandemic will reach its maximum contagion point during the next week, although it will last in some areas until October, and it declares itself "ready" to face a possible new wave by the end of the year.
"We started in February, we will end in October and we could say that in mid-June we will be in the middle of the set of epidemic curves," the Mexican undersecretary for Prevention and Promotion of Health, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, in charge of lead the fight against the disease in the country.
The authorities had announced that the peak would arrive in early May, but L?pez-Gatell clarified that this date was due only to the metropolitan area of Mexico City, the most affected area.
He stressed that in a country as large as Mexico a single peak cannot be established because the epidemic is "segmented" by territory, although he calculated that "an intermediate point would be in the middle of June."
And it is that cities like Tijuana (Baja California) are already on the decline, while infections in Monterrey (Nuevo Le?n) are still on the rise and this city could declare the end of the epidemic in mid-October.
The epidemiologist, who offers a press conference on the health crisis every day, explained that the pandemic "has become so long thanks to mitigation measures" by the Government, which has prevented "a sudden number of cases from arriving "
"Only if the degree of control of public mobility is maintained during the following three months, the predictions will be faithful and possibly we will be with a figure of between 25,000 and 30,000 deaths. If not, we could have a higher mortality, "he warned.
On the other hand, the coordinator of the University Program of Health Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Samuel Ponce de Le?n, indicated that COVID-19 will continue in the world indefinitely and that it will represent a health risk until 2021.
In a virtual press conference, the expert pointed out that the country will have to learn to cope with the risk for more than 12 months, when the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is ready and can reach the population.
“We are going to have to learn to cope with this relationship and to minimize the risk. We will return to classes, to work, to go out, to live together in different circumstances and we always bear in mind the risk, ”he explained.
He recalled that between the months of October and December an outbreak of infections is estimated to occur, so it will depend on the rapid action of the authorities to contain it and control it properly.
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