Covid-19: Mexico still 'weeks
away' from reaching peak infection rate
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| Graves at a cemetery in Tijuana, Mexico (AFP) |
Health officials in Mexico warn that the peak of Covid-19
infections and resultant deaths has not yet been reached, as the pandemic's
epicenter shifts to Latin America.
By James Blears - Mexico City
Mexico's Deputy Health Minister, Hugo Lopez Gatell, has
confirmed that the coronavirus pandemic has not yet plateaued.
He says the worst is far from over: "For several
more weeks, each day we'll be announcing more cases than the previous
day."
Grim figures
The latest grim figures indicate almost 90,000 infections,
with more than 14,000 deaths.
But with almost non-existent testing facilities, experts
concede it could be as much as three times higher.
The Mexican government predicts thirty-five thousand deaths
by October.
The University of Washington is at variance, estimating
seventy-five thousand deaths by August.
Middle of first wave
Yet tourism in Mexico is already opening up.
Occupancy rates are currently permitted at thirty percent,
with hoteliers hoping that could rise to fifty percent soon. The car
industry is also cautiously revving up.
In all of this, Mexico is still only in the first wave of
the Covid-19 pandemic.
Experts say the next phase could come sometime in the Fall.
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