Information from Press Conferences and Official Media

Federal Information

(November 18, 2020)

Health Secretary

- When asked about the FDA's approval of rapid tests that could be performed at home, Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Lopez-Gatell mentioned that new technological advances are welcomed. Lopez-Gatell mentioned that new technological advances are welcomed. However, he stressed that tests that can be performed at home have the limitation of being able to be at home have the limitation that there could be a failure in taking the sample and reading the results.

State Information

(November 18, 2020)

Health Secretary

- The Secretary of Health, Dr. Manuel de la O, announced that 100,000 doses of influenza vaccine will be received this week. He added that the acquisition of 500 thousand vaccines is being sought to guarantee that the majority of the population can be vaccinated. - Regarding the suspension of the economic reactivation, the Secretary commented that it will occur when there is an exponential increase in hospital occupancy. hospital occupancy. - Finally, he commented that the budget planned to be allocated to the health sector by the State Expenditure Budget of 2021, will not be sufficient to combat the pandemic.

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Main economic news

(November 19, 2020)

- Outside the Law, proposal to use Banxico's reserves for Pemex. It is a speculative speculative issuer and does not comply with the legal conditions for the central bank to invest in oil to invest in Pemex bonds (El Economista). https://bit.ly/2IPC3Mk

- SAT publishes rules for companies to disclose their 2020 tax planning. In this way, companies must report to the tax authorities the background and conclusions that are part of the part of the context of the reportable scheme (El Financiero). https://bit.ly/35KULxd

- U.S. jobless claims rebound for the first time in five weeks weeks. According to the Labor Department, 742 thousand were registered in the week ending November 14. ended November 14 (El Financiero). https://bit.ly/332dhzA

World News

- Canada, U.S. and Mexico to extend border restrictions until Dec. 21. December 21. U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least December 21. will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least Dec. 21, officials said on Wednesday December 21, officials said Wednesday, amid a growing number of coronavirus cases in that of coronavirus cases in that country. https://reut.rs/38YYgSK

- BioNTech and Pfizer to seek emergency authorization for covid-19 vaccine this Friday covid-19 vaccine this Friday. German biotech company BioNTech, which has been working on a covid-19 vaccine with the pharmaceutical giant been working on a covid-19 vaccine with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, will submit with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, will submit documentation for the emergency use of its vaccine to the German use of its vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday. Administration (FDA) on Friday. https://cnn.it/3feP5Ph

- Japan records 2,000 coronavirus infections per day. With more than two thousand new coronavirus infections in one day, Japan records its highest number since the start of the highest number since the start of the pandemic, confirming the new wave of infections affecting Tokyo and other regions of the country. infections affecting Tokyo and other regions of the country. https://bit.ly/3feQKEh