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New strain of COVID-19 has not yet arrived in Baja California: Secretary of Health
The confirmation of the arrival of the new strain of coronavirus in San Diego, California in the United States was reported last December 30th through this news site. Due to the proximity of Baja California and this American city, this morning the Secretary of Health of the Mexican State, Alonso Pérez Rico, was asked if […]
January 2, 2021
IMSS hospitals in Baja California show decrease in hospital occupation due to coronavirus
Hospitals serving patients with COVID-19 in Baja California received a 70.75 percent occupancy rate in 2021, with 603 people hospitalized and 174 intubated. In addition to the availability of 221 beds and 132 ventilators However, the state's Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) hospitals reported a decrease in occupancy, which so far is 59 percent. They […]
January 2, 2021
Today Tijuana surpasses Mexicali in new and active COVID-19 cases
In the last four days the active COVID-19 cases in Baja California have been increasing, going from 868 to 972 this Saturday, according to the presentation of the Health Secretary Alonso Pérez Rico in his daily report. Unlike previous days, this time "Mexicali is the only large municipality in our state that is decreasing in […]
January 2, 2021
January will be a difficult month for the Red Cross because of COVID-19 in Tijuana
The outlook does not seem promising for the COVID-19 pandemic, health and emergency services during January 2021. The director of the Tijuana Red Cross, Alberto Quintanar, indicated that "this month of January is going to be complicated," referring to the high demand for ambulances and cases attended to in their hospitals during December. The institution […]
January 1, 2021
IMSS pediatrician resigns after questionable lobbying of vaccination
More and more cases are being reported of people who are not on the first front dealing directly with COVID-19, and yet are being vaccinated, leaving other health workers unprotected who risk their lives and are ignored. The case of Dr. Ana Paola de Cosío Farías, pediatrician and endocrinologist assigned to the Covid area of […]
January 1, 2021
Tijuana ends 2020 with 2 thousand homicides
The violence in Tijuana continues to be present. According to the State Attorney General's Office, the city counted a total of 2 thousand murders in 2020. In December alone, there were 161 deaths and six of these occurred on Christmas night. With these numbers, Tijuana continues to be one of the most violent municipalities in […]
January 1, 2021
Mexico considers holding a referendum to decriminalize abortion
Twenty-four hours after abortion was legalized in Argentina, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, proposed in the last morning conference of the year, the possibility of decriminalizing abortion through a popular consultation that should be carried out to Mexican women so that they can finally make this decision. According to the Mexican Constitution, […]
December 31, 2020
Rapid tests for COVID-19 in Baja California do not help if you are asymptomatic
Health Secretary Alonso Pérez Rico, reported last Tuesday during his daily report that rapid tests have begun to be used to detect COVID-19 in Baja California. He said they give results in as little as 30 minutes, which is faster than PCR tests that give results within 24 to 48 hours. However, this morning Pérez […]
December 31, 2020
Sanitary filters resume at Baja California border crossings this Thursday
As it happened on Christmas Day, Christmas Eve and other festivities, the Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego announced that sanitary filters will be imposed at the Calexico-Mexicali border crossing, so they are asking that only people who must make essential trips enter the country. The filters will remain from December 31st, at 2 […]
December 31, 2020
Mexicali returns to the top 20 municipalities with more active cases in Mexico
Mexicali closes 2020 with an unpleasant context due to the COVID-19 pandemic, since this municipality returned to the top 20 of Mexico's municipalities with the most active cases, after ranking 18th. As of this Thursday morning, the state capital has 349 active cases of the 867 registered in Baja California. In addition, the incidence rate […]
December 31, 2020
Tijuana has more hospitalized patients than all of Mexicali and Ensenada combined
The hospital occupation registered until this Wednesday by COVID-19 is 74.64 percent, with 235 beds and 132 ventilators available, and a total of 588 patients hospitalized because of this disease, as well as 208 intubated. According to the head of the Ministry of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, the hospital occupancy rate in hospitals that attend […]
December 30, 2020
Baja California registers 627 new cases for COVID-19; 318 belong to Tijuana
Before starting with his report, Baja California's Health Secretary, Alonso Pérez Rico, informed this Wednesday that the state received more than 11 thousand tests of antigens, which they started using three days ago in the fever clinics, which allow them to give the results on COVID-19 in 30 minutes. As he explained, these rapid tests […]
December 30, 2020
This Thursday will be the coldest day of the week for Tijuana
Today, the Civil Protection of Tijuana communicated through its social networks how the weather conditions will be in our city in the following days and reported that it will be mostly clear, but some days will be very cold. From today until Sunday we will have dry and clear weather, some possible winds for Thursday […]
December 30, 2020
Mexico, responsible for 25% of COVID-19 deaths in Latin America
The pandemic has hit the whole world hard and what at first seemed to be a passing thing has become a reality that we have to learn to live with, at least for a while longer. Latin America is one of the regions that has been most affected by the coronavirus, as no country was […]
December 29, 2020
Tijuana-Tecate Interurban Train on its way to become a reality
Through the YouTube channel of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Urban Development and Territorial Reorganization (SIDURT) of Baja California, it was reported that the company Citcocomex Group S. De R.L. de C.V. will operate the Tijuana-Tecate Interurban train project. "I wish to inform you that since Citcocomex Group S. De R.L. de C.V. complies and does […]
December 29, 2020
Tijuana and San Diego Mayors agree on entry booths to remain restricted
According to the official website of the Tijuana City Council, the municipal president, Arturo González Cruz, met virtually with the new mayor of San Diego, Todd Gloria to discuss plans for economic recovery and the reopening of booths. According to Mayor González Cruz, Tijuana has been very affected by the arrival of the pandemic, however, […]
December 29, 2020
Baja California accumulates more than 32 thousand positive cases of COVID-19
According to the report presented this Tuesday by the head of the Baja California Health Department, Alonso Pérez Rico, 29 new deaths from COVID-19 were recently registered in the state (19 in Mexicali), as well as 177 new cases (87 in Tijuana). These figures add up to an accumulated 32 thousand 373 positive cases, of […]
December 29, 2020
A week without swap meets in these Tijuana neighborhoods
As every Tuesday, the Secretary of Health of Baja California, Alonso Pérez Rico, announced the neighborhoods in Tijuana where active cases of COVID-19 are concentrated. As of this morning, there are 682 active cases in the state, of which 210 belong to the border city. According to Pérez Rico, 20 percent of the colonies in […]
December 29, 2020
Baja California presents a decrease in active COVID-19 cases
Baja California continues this week to be red-lighted by COVID-19, and it appears that the restrictions have brought about a small decrease in active cases in the region. According to Health Secretary Alonso Pérez Rico, as of Monday the active cases totaled 772, with a decrease observed in all municipalities and only San Felipe remaining […]
December 28, 2020
The logistics to apply anti-covid vaccine in Baja California will begin next week
According to Baja California's Secretary of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, they will begin with the logistics to apply the COVID-19 vaccine in Baja California next week. Without providing details, the secretary only mentioned that the first to receive the vaccine will be "the resident doctors, emergency doctors, internists, general practitioners; who are literally attending to […]
December 28, 2020
