Mexico will receive a US $ 3 million donation from the United States to help combat the spread of the coronavirus, Deputy Secretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell announced on Friday.
“This donation comes from the collaborative work we have done with the United States Government, with the Department of Health and Human Services, and also because of the efforts of the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau. thanks for these efforts and to Dr. Julia Marinissen, the U.S. health attaché in Mexico, ”said López-Gatell.
He said the funds, which come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be used to strengthen Mexico’s capacity to manage the pandemic and conduct seroprevalence studies to identify people who have developed antibodies to the virus.
They will also fund studies to determine risks for specific population groups with a focus on migrant communities in the border region, López-Gatell said.
Since March, the border between the United States and Mexico has been closed to non-essential travelers, yet the region has become an epicenter of infection.
The funds come as Mexico continues to see a constant number of new cases, some of which experts think are just a fraction of the actual number of those infected.
The Ministry of Health reported 6,717 new cases of coronavirus on Friday and 794 deaths, bringing the total case to 469,407 and the death rate to 51,311.
Mexico City has the highest number of active cases. Guanajuato, the state of Mexico, Coahuila, Yucatán, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Veracruz, Jalisco, Puebla and San Luis Potosí also have more than 1,000 active cases, accounting for 66.5% of the active cases in the country.
Johns Hopkins University reported that worldwide 19,425,393 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported and 722,303 people have died since Saturday morning.
Source: El Financiero (sp), Infobae (sp)
