Mexico’s president in no hurry to confront coronavirus outbreak

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Mexico has taken a ‘business as usual’ approach; President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says shutdown would disproportionately affect poor

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shows his amulets, which he says serves him as a"protective shield" against the coronavirus disease along with his honesty and not allowing corruption, during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on March 18, 2020.

But, Silva-Herzog added, “I think that what he has wound up doing is minimizing the risks associated with the emergency, and sending messages that contradict what is being said almost everywhere else.” Mexico has only 5,000 emergency beds, and about 1,500 intensive care or sealed rooms, for a population of over 125 million, but officials still exude a sense of calm at their daily briefings on the virus. And some observers say they are chilled by remarks like López Obrador’s.

Former diplomat Enrique Berruga Filloy said in a column for the newspaper El Universal on Thursday that Mexico’s geographic advantages gave it more leeway to plan for the virus and take timely actions, but that the administration has squandered the chance.

 

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Ban Mexican food imports immediately.

Mexico's president needs to get the cartels in order too. We see how well that's working out.

Lo siento por su pais - please take this seriously ahora , Sr. L-O.

¡Ay Carumba!

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