“Dishonorable and fatal bronze medal”: Vicente Fox on Mexico being third place with most COVID-19 deaths in the world

The former Mexican president, Vicent Fox Quesada (2000-2006) spoke of the state of the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico and noted it as “Dishonorable and fatal”, because the country stayed for months third place with the most deaths from COVID-19 in the world.

Through his Twitter account, the former president also pointed out that two other countries have overtaken Mexico in terms of deaths from COVID-19.

INHONORABLE AND FATAL BRONZE MEDAL. !! Mexico ranks third with the most deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic, behind the United States and Brazil, according to Johns Hopkins University

In the latest college update, Mexico has recorded more than 190,000 deaths from SARS-CoV-2, while Brazil has 264,325 deaths and the United States tops the list with 524,364 people.

On the other hand, the two million 146,714 infected declared on the national territory, positioned Mexico ranks 13th in the world in this area. In front of him are Argentina, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Russia, Brazil, India and the United States.

In the final months of 2020, the politician assured Mexico had the highest death rate in the world and quoted José Narro Robles as saying that the “The government must change and relaunch the strategy to fight COVID-19”.

Since the start of the pandemic in Mexico, 5.6 million patients have been studied, the director general of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, José Luis Alomía, informed at a press conference. In addition, he said, there is one million of 666,658 people considered recovered.

The official said the estimated number of cases is two million 320 836 if we consider those who are waiting for the result of the test. Among them, there are about 50,460 active cases, or 2% of the total who have shown symptoms in the past two weeks.

Said so far there is an average occupancy of 28% of general beds and 72% available. Among the country’s 32 states, Mexico City and the State of Puebla stand out for 52% and 50%, respectively, of general saturation, while the other 30 entities have less than 50% occupancy.

Regarding intensive care beds, with a respirator, there is 31% national occupancy and 69% available, with Mexico City with 58% saturation and the other 31 entities with less than 50% occupancy.

As for deaths, the Mexican capital, home of the pandemic, accumulates on its own 19.1% of all deaths nationwide, that is to say, nearly one in five deaths.

At the conference, it was reported that so far two million 765,772 doses have been applied against COVID-19, while 603,447 health and education personnel received the two doses needed in the immunization schedule to achieve immunity.

In addition, one million 343,897 adults over 60 received a first dose.

This Saturday, Mexico started distributing 800,000 doses of Chinese Sinovac vaccine after receiving certificate of analysis of vials from health authority, reported the state-owned company Birmex, dedicated to the production and marketing of organic products.

The shipment, which arrived on Feb.27 from China, had been waiting for approval for a week and now They will be applied to adults over 60 years of age to continue the national vaccination plan.

The vaccines “remained stored under the strictest conditions for their care and never risked expiringar or undergo alterations ”, underlined the health authorities.

The country, with 126 million inhabitants, is committed to 34.4 million doses of American Pfizer, 79.4 of British AstraZeneca, 35 of Chinese CanSino, 24 of Russian Sputnik V, 10 of Chinese Sinovac and 51.4 of the Covax platform of the World Health Organization (WHO). EFE

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