Tag: Coronavirus
On Saturday, 1 new case and 2 deaths as Yucatán reports...
Coronavirus cases in Yucatan fell by nearly 59% this week while deaths dropped to an average of 1.6 a day.
Yucatán health ministry officials counted...
For the first time, 0 new COVID cases and 0 deaths...
After more than two years of pandemic crisis, Yucatán health ministry officials on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus cases in a single day.
Moreover, zero...
4 new cases, 2 deaths, in Yucatán’s coronavirus battle
Yucatán's coronavirus cases and quarantines continued to dive while fatalities leveled off and hospitalizations began a minor upward tick.
State medical personnel counted 10...
Some Mexican states drop mask mandate, but not Yucatán
While daily coronavirus infections are in the single digits, Yucatán still mandates masking in public spaces. But not so in Coahilla and Nuevo León,...
News we’ve waited for in Yucatán’s COVID saga: No one died...
Yucatán recorded no coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, a hopeful milestone in the state's pandemic recovery.
Almost every day since late April 2020, we've endured...
COVID decline continues: 8 new cases, 1 death
Yucatan's health ministry reported eight new coronavirus infections and one death. It was the lowest fatality count since early January and the first time...
INAH denies spotlight to the great Kukulkán during summer solstice yet...
Just like last year, and the year before that, the great Kukulkán is preparing for his descent down Chichén Itzá’s most famous pyramid, but no adoring pilgrims will be there to see him.
New business closures remind Yucatecos the COVID-19 pandemic is not over
Several restaurants, bars, and nightclubs have been shut down for failing to follow Yucatán's COVID-19 guidelines.
Yucatán reports a COVID decline of 77% in a week
COVID-19 cases in Yucatán plunged another 77% in a week and deaths fell from an average of eight a day to three, doctors said...
Controversial potted plant roadblocks being removed from Mérida’s streets
Mérida’s government has begun to remove the large potted plants placed along the city’s streets in Centro.
The ups and downs of COVID-19 data: For now, the trend...
Coronavirus-related deaths in Yucatán fell by a third and infections dropped almost 9% this week, state health officials said.
Saturday ended with 153 new cases,...
COVID numbers dropping, Yucatán returns to a green traffic light
Yucatán is finally back in green.
The federal government last Saturday put the state in the least-restrictive symbolic epidemiological traffic light. Today, the state...
Yucatán looks forward to Easter under the ‘new normal’
Feeling encouraged by falling hospitalization rates and deaths from COVID-19, many communities in Yucatán are preparing for Easter festivities and events under the “new normal.”
Yucatán COVID cases have begun to tick up again
State health department officials have detected a slight rise in Yucatán COVID-19 cases since Sunday.
After an almost-steady decline in cases last week, daily infections...
Frustration grows in Yucatán as several archaeological sites remain closed
Several of Yucatán's archaeological sites remain closed almost two years after shutting their gates to visitors at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Not waiting for the state’s green light, foreign tourists return to...
International tourists have been seen in increasing numbers while Yucatán's decline in COVID infections continues.
A driver confirmed that business has been way up in...
Progreso mayor says no to ‘Citizen Carnaval’
It looks like Progreso's "Citizen Carnaval" planned for Feb. 26 will not be happening after all, at least on the Malecon.
Ignoring City Hall, Progreso residents plan Citizen Carnaval’
Residents of Progreso have decided to go ahead with Carnaval celebrations on Feb 26, despite a clear rebuke from City Hall.
A new study of Mexico’s Patria COVID-19 vaccines delivers good news
Human trials of Mexico’s Patria COVID-19 vaccine are beginning to deliver good news, according to the nation’s science and technology council.
COVID cases are a far cry from last week’s record surge
COVID-19 cases in Yucatán plummeted by 49% compared with last week, official records indicate. Home quarantines are half what they were a week ago,...
Cases begin to fall, but COVID claims life of healthy baby
Coronavirus cases declined 15% this week after an omicron-variant surge that began around Christmas.
The last four days saw the first drop in cases...
COVID cases level off, but still break records every day
Coronavirus infections in Yucatán jumped 38.7% over last week, but the number of new cases appeared to level off starting Thursday.
In all, a record...
Beloved Mexican-Argentinian singer Diego Verdaguer dies from COVID-19
The Mexican-Argentinian singer Diego Verdaguer, 70, died Thursday night in Los Angeles, California, after losing his battle with COVID-19.
Omicron forces Cozumel to take on new restrictions
Municipal authorities in Cozumel have decided to temporarily close several streets in an attempt to slow down the spread of COVID-19.
