Health care workers collect samples from new coronavirus tests inside a mobile diagnostic tent, in the Coyoacan district of Mexico City, Friday, November 13. Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Mexico has managed to carry out only about 2.5 million tests to its citizens; only seriously ill people get tested in Mexico. Even in Mexico City, one of the few places that has paid lip-service to trying to identify cases before they get to a hospital, the efforts have been incredibly weak. Mexico City has tried an alternative approach, which is to identify neighborhoods where clusters of cases have occurred, and give them special attention. For doctors on the front lines, the official response has been at times frustrating.

Source: The Standard November 15, 2020 04:07 UTC