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Given the confirmation of some cases of Coronavirus in Mexico, the first in Mexico City and Sinaloa, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) trusted that society, private initiative and the government are prepared to face the disease “We have the doctors, the specialists, the hospitals, the capacity to deal with this case of coronavirus,” he said in his morning conference this Friday. López Obrador did not rule out the possibility of working together with private laboratories and hospitals to address the pandemic, which already affects almost 60 countries in the world. He indicated that the government will provide constant reports on the coronavirus to avoid misinformation, collective psychosis and media sensationalism about the disease, both in offices, companies and schools. In the morning conference on Friday, the president asked to be “calm and serene” in the face of the virus that originated in Wuhan, China, as he said that “it is not terrible, nor fatal. To the extent that it is presented, developing, we will attend to the cases.” Both AMLO and the federal Secretary of Health, Jorge Alcocer Varela, called for citizens, schools and companies to act responsibly and not incite collective psychosis.
Alcocer Varela stated that exaggerated measures that are not very responsible should not be taken, since the necessary conditions are in place to prevent the coronavirus from becoming a pandemic. For his part, Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, indicated that the first case America Cell Phone Number List is an infected man who has symptoms similar to "a cold" and has no previous illnesses, so it is a low risk case. The official asked the population to protect themselves with health measures, but to remain calm at all times, since 90% of infected patients only present mild symptoms. He asked to take precautions both in homes, workplaces and hospitals themselves, such as "covering when sneezing and avoiding contact with other individuals.
The federal official added that “mainly it must be understood that the presence of this disease in the country should not cause the installation or existence of entry filters or isolation of people in companies and schools. We cannot fall into exaggerations.” Due to the expansion of the coronavirus, restrictive measures are not recommended, but rather mitigation ones. He stressed that “at this time there is no indication because there is no scientific public health reason to close schools, close jobs, have justified absenteeism from work across the board.” In Mexico there are just over 55 million people – formal employees – who go out to work every day in offices, shops, factories, industries, etc. In addition, there are some 25.4 million students, figures that exemplify daily mobility in the country. Private health initiative considered to stop coronavirus The federal Secretary of Health, Jorge Alcocer, indicated that as circumstances arise, they will work together with hospitals and private laboratories to carry out the same health protocols in response to this disease.
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