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Mexico's Response to Covid-19: A Case Study: English and Spanish versions of report
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Mexico?s Government minimized covid risks: study shows
By Yucatan Times on April 12, 2021
MEXICO (El Economista) ? Deficiencies on the part of Mexican authorities in the management model of the emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic led to a lack of care in controlling the virus. Experts estimate that if Mexico had acted as contagions progressed, 190,000 deaths from all causes would have been prevented in 2020, which makes up the excess mortality statistics.
After analyzing Covid-19 infections and deaths in Mexico, a report prepared by 29 experts for the University of California Global Health Sciences Institute (UCSF) concluded that national authorities failed to fulfill their stewardship role during the emergency. It includes assuming political responsibility for coordinating a unified national response.
The lack of clear, prudent, and correct communication about the actual level of risk and how to act upon contracting the disease has contributed to the ?devastating impact? of Mexico?s pandemic. ?Leaders have failed to send a correct and coherent message to reinforce public health guidelines through their own behalf,? states the document ?Mexico?s Response to Covid-19: A Case Study,? which was commissioned by the World Health Organization?s Independent Panel to UCSF.
One hundred ninety thousand deaths were preventable during the pandemic in Mexico. The country is among those with the highest number of deaths worldwide due to the coronavirus. MEXICO (El Economista) - Deficiencies on the part of Mexican authorities in the management model of the emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic led to a lack
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