Miss Mexico COVID-19 alert: 15 of 32 participants were infected

During the last edition of Miss Mexico, 15 cases of Covid-19 among the 32 participants. After spending weeks at this edition’s headquarters in Chihuahua, three cases with symptoms had been reported.

Through his social networks, the journalist and presenter, Carlos Loret de Mola, reported on the new contagion in the beauty contest. “They report a Covid epidemic in # MissMéxico: of the 32 participants, 15 would have tested positive. The ceremony took place in Chihuahua“, wrote.

This was reaffirmed on the radio show So things, from the same journalist. There, in an interview with Eduardo Fernández Herrera, Secretary of Health of the State of Chihuahua, explained that the authorities had learned of the contagion from a anonymous report June 30.

They immediately asked staff and candidates to submit to a rapid antigen test and PCR to check the results. These came out soon after and dictated that in total, 17 people involved in the beauty pageant were infected; of that, 15 were competitors of Miss Mexico 2021.

Over the past few days, the route change as part of the modeling contest has transcended, so that the final, previously scheduled for July 3, ran until July 2. The reasons were the contagions between the competitors of Miss Mexico.

One of them was from the representative of Chihuahua, Isela Serrano. Through his social media, he reported that his absence from the final beauty pageant ceremony was linked to the emergency hospitalization you had. So far, it is not known who else has been infected.

Fernandez Herrera confirmed that one of the infected was Serrano; however, she preferred to keep the rest of the participants who had contracted the virus anonymous. In any case, this public official shared that report the facts to the health secretaries of states whose models have tested positive.

Another of Fernández Herrera’s revelations was that the final event of the beauty contest took place in the presence of the public. He pointed out that due to the yellow light in Chihuahua, the presence of people is allowed during certain events and with a limited capacity. According to their reports, about 300 people took part in the competition at a site with a capacity of over a thousand.

By questioning him if there was an attempt to hide infections by the event organizers, the secretary said yes, because they told him that the one who filed the complaint was a relative of one of the candidates not some of the contest workers.

He also confirmed that the announcement where they advanced the final ceremony This happened shortly after government staff performed the antigen and PCR tests. After accelerating the results with the contest winners, all models are returned in their original conditions.

Last Thursday, July 1, it was announced that the winner of the 2021 edition of Miss Mexico It was the Michoacan Karina Vidales, who will also be the country’s representative in this year’s edition in My world. In turn, who was crowned as Miss Mexico Grand 2021 was Mariana Macías, from the state of Jalisco.

The other finalists will compete for their place in other competitions such as Miss Continentes Unidos, Top Model of the World, Miss Global City, Miss Costa Maya International Yes the International Coffee Kingdom. Among them are Regina González from Quintana Roo and Sabrina Góngora from Oaxaca.

Neither Vidales nor Macías reported on their social media if they belong to the group of models who tested positive in tests applied at the request of the Chihuahua government.

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