MEXICO CITY — Schoolchildren will return to classrooms in the Mexican capital next month, authorities said Wednesday, in the latest easing of pandemic restrictions following a steady decline in new coronavirus cases. Face-to-face classes have been suspended since March 2020 across most of Mexico, which has one of the highest Covid-19 death tolls in the world. ADVERTISEMENTMexico City’s 1.5 million schoolchildren will return to classrooms from June 7 on a voluntary basis, said Luis Humberto Fernandez, an educational authority official in the capital. The country of 126 million has administered 24 million coronavirus vaccine doses. This month Mexico City moved to yellow status, the second lowest of four under the country’s traffic-light system, leading to a further easing of pandemic lockdown measures.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 19, 2021 20:15 UTC