coronavirus pandemic

Crowded Communities in Latin America Can Not Afford to "Stay-at-Home"

Families in Latin America are troubled during the pandemic even in the wake of preventive measures initiated by the government.

Mexico City Hospitals Overwhelmed by Coronavirus Cases – Extension for Measures

Much to everyone’s chagrin, it does not seem as though the pandemic is going to end anytime soon. More hospitals are becoming crowded, showing that the city will not be able to handle the influx of patients at the height of the pandemic, which is fast approaching.

Number of Coronavirus Outbreaks in Mexican Facilities Is Alarming

In the capital of Mexico, the outbreak of coronavirus began in the very facility meant to prevent the spread.

Amid Protests, IMSS Has Announced to Spend Over Mex$5 Billion for Medical Supplies

The largest health institute in Mexico is seeking to spend over five billion pesos for medical equipment.

Coronavirus Effect: Failing US Consumer Demand Hurts Mexico

Mexico's reliance on tourism and diverse distribution networks render the country's economy extremely vulnerable to the impacts of coronavirus.

Stimulus Checks: To Keep or Not to Keep?

The ongoing CARES Act allows programs to give taxpayers cash relief to assist them during the coronavirus crisis, which is a combination of health, economic, and social crises.
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ciudad Juarez

Mexico's Doctors and Nurses Protest Shortage of PPE Provisions

Health workers demand administrators and management to take their concerns seriously. Inadequate equipment, poor leadership, and increased risk are all driving doctors and nurses to the streets to make their pleas be heard.

Masks Are Now Mandatory in Mexico, Street Vendors Take Advantage

Almost painting a grim scene, street vendors are selling products during the quarantine imposed for residents to stop going out. They are lined up on the Puente Plateado bridge, with their makeshift stalls in place.
FILE PHOTO: Two nurses wearing protective masks pose inside the new immediate response mobile hospital in Pachuca

Latin America Experiencing Numerous Challenges During the Pandemic

The first few weeks of the pandemic are enough to show if countries can cope with COVID-19. In Latin America, there seem to be more challenges than the capacity to deal with the coronavirus.
Doctors and nurses who hope to land a job at Mexico's Social Security Institute (IMSS), queue to deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic in Mexico City

Furloughs and Recruitment: Medical Personnel Understaffed in Mexico

Amid the crisis hospitals are facing where they need to reduce costs by furloughing their medical staff for expenditure, Mexico City has launched a campaign.
A medical specialist wearing protective gear sitting next to two nurses inside the new immediate response mobile hospital in Pachuca

Medical Staff Furloughed From New Mexico Hospitals

Over a hundred U.S. health centers, hospitals, and medical facilities have suspended discretionary procedures in order to focus on COVID-19 patients.
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Olympia, Washington

New Mexico Prisoners Petition for Release

Because of the design of prisons—compact, closeted, and congested—they become the ideal hotspot for the coronavirus to propagate. The New Mexico Supreme Court is still in the process of determining the fate of its inmates.

Latino Deaths in Meat Factories Raise Concern Regarding Quality of US Food Supply

The fatalities of three Latino factory workers in a Greeley meat facility in Colorado sparks questions about the health of employees as well as the country's food supply vulnerability.
The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hamburg

Can Remdesivir Be the Cure for Coronavirus?

As medical researchers race to find a vaccine, they find that Remdesivir might become an effective drug against the coronavirus.
Honduran immigrants who were deported on a flight from Mexico are bused to a shelter to be quarantined due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tegucigalpa

Immigrants in Crisis: How the Pandemic Has Magnified Issues

It appears that the health crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has magnified pre-existing class stratification and divide.
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil

How Did Ecuador Become the Epicenter of COVID-19 in Latin America?

A small nation surrounded by Colombia and Peru on the Pacific coast recently arisen as the continent's epicenter of the rampaging coronavirus.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Athens

COVID-19 Update: Recovered Patients Are Observed With Coronavirus ‘Reactivation’

South Korea grapples with the complications that came with the discovery of the coronavirus as a disease that can easily “reactivate”. The pattern of reactivation could be similar to that of chickenpox, but unlike the latter, contracting coronavirus does not grant the patient immunity.
A health worker wearing a protective gear tests people for coronavirus disease COVID-19 at a drive-thru testing while the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues, in Monterrey

Doctors Caution Against 'Ticking Time Bomb' as People Ignore Social Distancing in Mexico

As doctors describe the gatherings as "large focuses of infection," it seems as there is no current threat to public health at all in Mexico.
FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

Insufficient Medical Equipment: Sick Health Workers and the 3rd Phase of COVID-19 in Mexico

As the world fights the pandemic for months on end, experts from the Mexican Society of Emergency Medicine predict that, with the lack of medical supplies and the weakening medical workforce, Mexico may be overwhelmed into phase 3 of the coronavirus outbreak.
Health workers wearing protective gear bring a dead body past a refrigerated container outside of Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil

The Dead of Ecuador Left on the Streets

As Ecuador is struggling to survive the pandemic with over 7,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, its densest city, Guayaquil, faces the dilemma of laying their dead to rest.
A woman holds a small bottle labbeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration

Researchers Around the World Scrambling for a Vaccine, Are They Close?

The pandemic is taking the medical world by storm as research is pooled into finding treatment for the growing number of people infected with the coronavirus.
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