According to the latest reports Coronavirus now affects Mexico with two confirmed cases. Health officials reported that two patients are from Mexico. Neither of the two patients are seriously ill, but still they are isolated. One is isolated in the hospital and one is at a hotel.

Hugo Lopez Gatell, the Mexican Assistant Health secretary announced that the Sinola case is still pending but according to the associated press and doctors it is a confirmed case.

According to the World Health Organization there are already 54 countries who now have confirmed the novel coronavirus. The reports also showed that the patients are already medically stable and are now put in isolation. The first five family contacts of the patients are also isolated as a precautionary measure.

President of Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tried to calm the public by stating that the global information of coronavirus is not terrible and fatal. It can be compared to a regular flu. There also shouldn't be yellow journalism, public exaggeration and there's no need to cause the public fear and worry. The President also characterized coronavirus as less harmful than the flu.

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar also stated that the Mexican administration is transparent to the public as well as to the Americans and compared to the confirmed cases in the United States, Mexico had lower cases. The administration is prepared to take action especially when there is change that is going to happen. 

Mexico's government said on Friday it had detected the country's first cases of coronavirus infection, in Mexico City
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Azar also added that the Mexican government is taking this situation seriously and is now working with Congress. They are also preparing across the federal, state and the local levels. Compared to America the risk of it is low and won't change any result in their daily lifestyle. He continued that anytime the situation might change, and they want to make sure that they are ready for it. 

Coronavirus also caused amusement parks, events and travel to be cut. The anxiety that affects the public is now at an all time high. Financial markets are also dragged lower and the outbreak now looks more like a global crisis.

Employers let their employees stay at home, rest and take precautionary measures to avoid the virus. Officials also locked down some of the places and establishments, especially schools. The illness also caused a wide-ranging threat in jobs, paychecks and profits.

The list of countries who also had their first cases of the virus to nearly 60 are Mexico, Belarus, Lithuania, New Zealand, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iceland and the Netherlands. 

As of the latest news in the coronavirus update there are 86,000 confirmed cases with 2,861 deaths worldwide. Updates of the most infections came from the mainland of China. 

The good thing about the treatment as of now is that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tests and advises people who travelled to certain countries that had an outbreak. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also expanded the testing to countries Iran, Italy, South Korea, Japan and China.