By Yucatan Times on December 24, 2020
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“Today, the first 3,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine arrived in Mexico, which will have the objective of calibrating the cold chain necessary for its storage, distribution, and application,” informed the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
MEXICO CITY (Times Media Mexico) – The first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Mexico this Wednesday. Minutes after 9 am, a plane from Belgium landed at Mexico City’s International Airport with the batch.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in his press conference, announced that this Thursday would be when the vaccination of Health personnel will start. He clarified that it is still a calibration procedure.
By Yucatan Times on December 24, 2020
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Even with the prospect of vaccines, many Mexicans face a holiday of tough choices, trying to celebrate while dealing with pressing needs.
MEXICO CITY (Times Media Mexico) – For many Mexicans, there will be no Christmas dinner nor gifts. The situation in the country is more challenging than ever. AMLO’s government has not supported companies in any way, and millions of jobs have been lost. For these millions of Mexicans, there are no choices. People will have to endure one of the hardest Christmases ever.
For José Luis, a former waiter in a restaurant in Mexico City, who financially takes care of his mother, wife, and two children, Christmas dinner will be ham and cheese tortas he managed to buy with the money he got from a loan-shark who took a gold chain and cross as collateral for the money. T
By Yucatan Times on December 23, 2020
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So far, 17,756 archaeological vestiges have been found.
YUCATAN PENINSULA (Times Media Mexico) – With the Mayan Train works, 17 thousand 756 registered vestiges have been found, and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has finished ruling 38 of the 172 kilometers that the stretch three runs from Calkiní, Campeche, to Izamal, Yucatán.
Construction of Mayan train tracks through the jungle.
The INAH has worked with new technologies to generate studies that guarantee the region’s archaeological protection, highlighting that, in case the more than 1,500 archaeological sites located in section 3 are susceptible to affectation, a change in the route of the road will be proposed.
By Yucatan Times on December 23, 2020
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Over 40 countries have closed their borders to the United Kingdom.
MEXICO CITY (Times Media Mexico) – More than 40 countries have restricted flights from and to the United Kingdom due to fears of a new strain of the highly transmissible coronavirus. Still, Mexico has not taken any preventive measures. López Obrador said that his government would not “act politically” in this case without first having and reviewing the technical elements.
“We do not act politically without having technical elements from those who know, from the experts; because if it depends on the politicians, then it is:
By Yucatan Times on December 23, 2020
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The state government informed that mobility in the state is still restricted from 11:30 pm to 5:00 am. This measure will also be applied on the holidays of December 24 and 31 without exception.
MERIDA Yucatan (Times Media Mexico) – The schedules around public transport will remain the same. Regarding restaurants, the measure announced on November 2 is maintained, from Monday to Sunday, from 0800 to 2230 hours.
The sale of alcohol in restaurants is maintained as announced on this date, from Monday to Sunday until 10:00 pm. Stores outside the Historical Center may operate from Monday to Sunday from 11:00 am to 21:00 hours, and those in other areas may work from Monday to Sunday from 6:00 to 21:00 hours.