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11 cases of COVID-19 variants have been detected in Mexico
The Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (INDRE) has already detected 11 cases of different COVID-19 mutations, according to information shared by the Director of Epidemiological Surveillance of Non-Communicable Diseases, Gabriela Nucamendi Cervantes, at a press conference held at the National Palace. Based on the daily report on the development of the pandemic in the […]
February 24, 2021
Board Certified plastic surgeons in Tijuana elevate the standards of medical care
As the world's busiest border and the city of reference for medical tourism, it was only fair and necessary that two plastic surgeons from Tijuana be the ones to raise the standards of medical care after being certified by the board of Mexico. Meet these Tijuana surgeons Doctors Eduardo Ochoa and Nicolas Leyva, located in […]
February 23, 2021
Immigrants in Baja California will also be vaccinated
During the live broadcast on the Facebook page of the Government of Baja California, the Secretary of Health, Alonso Perez Rico, answered the questions of several users of the social network, among these questions was the concern about how the application of the vaccine against COVID-19 would be carried out to immigrants located in the […]
February 23, 2021
Restrictions for these swap meets in Tijuana due to COVID-19
The Secretary of Health Alonso Perez Rico revealed the neighborhoods where the most active cases of coronavirus are located, and in which due to this, swap meets will have restrictions during this week and until next Tuesday. Specifically, swap meet markets will only have stalls selling perishable products, food and hygiene products. It is worth […]
February 23, 2021
Hospital occupancy due to COVID-19 drops to less than 20% in Baja California
During his daily report, the head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Perez Rico, informed about the COVID-19 trends observed in Baja California, which appear to be favorable. Such is the case of hospital occupancy which this Tuesday is 18.66%, while a month ago it was 58.08%. According to what was presented, the institutions that […]
February 23, 2021
Contrast in vaccination between San Diego and Baja California a challenge for border reopening
It will be a year since Baja Californians were last able to cross the border for any reason other than the essential ones dictated by the U.S. government. These crossings are part of the custom of the region and it is strange for citizens not to be able to make them. What is even stranger […]
February 22, 2021
CBP One: The app that will streamline your Tijuana-San Diego border crossings.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) created a mobile app that will allow travelers to expedite their crossings into the United States. CBP One will guide users to the appropriate services based on their particular needs, such as reporting their arrival, completing documents or scheduling appointments for CBP services. For travelers, in particular, the benefit […]
February 22, 2021
The U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana has suspended these services.
The U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana informed through its official Facebook account that it has suspended routine services. Although, they inform that they are working on emergencies and renewals. The opportunity to invite those interested in obtaining passports and renewing tourist visas to attend a virtual conference where information will be provided on these topics […]
February 22, 2021
Baja California is reaching a plateau: Secretary of Health
Baja California continues with a constant decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases. In the last 24 hours at least one person died due to this disease, which has not happened for a long time, commented the head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Perez Rico. In the same period of hours, 31 new cases […]
February 22, 2021
There are one thousand 208 migrants infected by covid-19 in Mexico
The Secretariat of Health (SS) reported that as of February 15, one thousand 208 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in immigrants, while 55 more have lost their lives due to the disease. Gabriela Nucamendi Cervantes, director of Epidemiological Surveillance, stated based on the daily report of coronavirus in Mexico, that the countries from which […]
February 21, 2021
Use of face masks in the U.S. could be extended until 2022
The coronavirus is still not giving up for many countries around the world, being the United States the nation that has been most affected by the disease, retaining so far the highest number of deaths caused by the SARS Cov-2 virus worldwide, so many specialists in the nation still find it difficult to return to […]
February 21, 2021
AMLO asks vaccine producing countries “not to monopolize”
On Saturday, February 20, the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, visited the city of Tijuana on the occasion of the inauguration of the National Guard facilities in the border city. The moment was used by the president to talk about the vaccines against the coronavirus. He affirmed that to this day only 80 […]
February 21, 2021
This week will start with heat for Tijuana
This Saturday, Tijuana's Civil Protection published from its official Facebook account the weather conditions that are expected for the city for the next few days. They report, according to regional weather monitoring and forecasts, the week will be characterized climatically by the following: -We will have dry, mild and clear conditions, although light winds are […]
February 21, 2021
Common markets in Ensenada will operate at 50% of capacity
Baja California is currently in orange color due to the fact that the number of coronavirus cases has been reduced. For this reason, the government of Ensenada has decided that the 13 common markets, located in different points of the municipality, will operate at 50% capacity. "We are very pleased that the capacity of the […]
February 21, 2021
“There is enough natural gas supply in Baja California”: Mario Escobedo
During Governor Jaime Bonilla's daily report, it was announced that Baja California has enough natural gas supply and the necessary electric energy to continue operating without problems or interruptions. Mario Escobedo Carignan, Secretary of Sustainable Economy and Tourism assured that the state is not connected to the national power grid, "Baja California has its own […]
February 20, 2021
Nearly 30 bars in Tijuana unite to ask for their reopening
A group of 28 owners of bars located in the downtown area of Tijuana, signed a petition addressed to City Hall of this municipality and the State Commission Against Sanitary Risks (Coepris), to allow their reopening, including a proposal with protocols that could be followed by these businesses. According to Juan Carlos Molina, representative of […]
February 20, 2021
Tijuana to have shelter for unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents
The mayor of Tijuana, Karla Ruiz Macfarland, signed as a witness of honor a strategic collaboration agreement with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the System for the Integral Development of the Family (SDIF), to achieve the First Shelter for Unaccompanied Children and Adolescents (NNA) in Context of Mobility in the border city. Macfarland […]
February 20, 2021
ITT student selected for NASA program
Fernanda Sandoval Bojorquez, a native of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, and current student of Aeronautical Engineering at the Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana (ITT), was selected to participate in the International Air and Space Program (IASP) of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. This program, which is part of the National […]
February 19, 2021
Cases of COVID-19 Baja California continue to decline
The pandemic is not over, but fortunately the state of Baja California has finally begun to show a control in the registered infections, causing the state to maintain a drop in COVID-19 cases for a little over a month, according to data announced by the head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Perez Rico. Today, […]
February 19, 2021
Concibo: fertility clinic in Tijuana certified by the Latin American Network of Assisted Reproduction (RedLara)
Infertility occurs when a couple has unprotected sex for a year without achieving fertilization, a situation that affects around 17% of Mexican couples, according to the health research firm Ipsos Healthcare. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reveal that in Mexico there are 2.6 million cases of infertility and each year […]
February 19, 2021
