Mexico warns of rising coronavirus cases
Jude Webber reports from Mexico City
Mexico reported a leap in confirmed coronavirus cases to 316, with 793 suspected cases as authorities warned against a tide of “fake news” and urged people to stick to official advice about the pandemic.
Ricardo Cortés Alcalá, director-general of health promotion at the health ministry, told a news conference that “the trend is definitely going to rise, there’s no other way” but said the government hoped that social distancing measures due to take effect on Monday would flatten the curve.
The social distancing campaign, during which schools will be closed, stops short of ordering people to stay at home, as is the case in neighbouring countries. “We are not in a state of siege … We think people are responsible enough to mitigate this,” he added.
Mexico City’s mayor Claudia Sheinbaum earlier announced that all museums, gyms, cinemas, theatres, zoos and sporting events would be closed and churches would be shut or would be barred from holding large-scale events. “We are appealing for all public and private events not to be more than 50 people,” she said.
The Basilica of Guadalupe, the shrine to Mexico’s patron saint, closed its doors for the first time in its history on Sunday as mass was said to an empty church and transmitted via the internet. The church had not closed during the H1N1 epidemic in 2009.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who spent the weekend holding events and supervising infrastructure projects in the southern state of Oaxaca, has been criticised for appearing too relaxed. He argues he must remain calm and says Mexico is prepared but is still in the first stage of the epidemic.
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