Remittances to Mexico jumped almost 40% in April, posting the sharpest increase in nearly two decades, Mexican central bank data showed on Tuesday. The cash sent from abroad reached $4.05 billion, a rise of 39.1% from $2.91 billion in April of 2020. The percentage jump was the biggest since 2003.
The Government of Mexico on May 28 announced the start of the COVID-19 vaccination process for people between the ages of 40-49. Registration is now open, and the inoculation stage will begin at the beginning of June. Meanwhile, vaccination of pregnant women & older adults continues.
With five COVID-19 vaccines already in use in Mexico, the country has now approved emergency use of the single-dose shot from Johnson & Johnson. 'Starting from today Mexico has one more Covid-19 vaccine option,' Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted on Thursday.
Mexico will soon begin exporting AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccines to other Latin American nations under a joint production agreement with Argentina. A first shipment of 800,000 doses will be sent to Argentina this weekend, while Mexico will also receive its first batch.
The Federal Aviation Administration downgraded its air safety rating for Mexico, prohibiting that country's carriers from adding service to the US. Mexican carriers can continue to operate existing service with the lower rating, but they can't add new service or routes.
Schools in Queretaro, Mexico are getting ready to reopen with the help of Benebot, a robot that can detect Covid-19 and other diseases. The robot has medical-grade cameras, temperature sensors and AI software capable of evaluating in seconds whether or not a child has some kind of health problem.
Mexico said Wednesday it expects to finally start shipping AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from a private fill-and-finish plant by the end of May, after a delay of nearly three months. The vaccine is produced in Argentina, but the active ingredient is shipped to Mexico to be mixed and bottled.
To continue to limit the spread of COVID between the United States and Mexico, non-essential border travel restrictions will remain in place for another month. Binational talks are proceeding to relax restrictions beginning on June 22, Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday.
Mexican Andrea Meza was crowned Miss Universe at a Sunday gala held on the outskirts of Miami, Florida. Meza, a 26-year-old software engineer, will take the third Miss Universe crown back to Mexico, after Lupita Jones, who won in 1991, and Ximena Navarrete in 2010.
A team of paleontologists in Mexico have identified a new species of dinosaur after finding its 72 million-year-old fossilized remains almost a decade ago, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History reported. The new species, Tlatolophus galorum, was identified as a crested dinosaur
