Information from Press Conferences and Official Media

State Information

(August 24, 2020)

Secretary of Health

- It was commented that it is not yet accurate to say that Nuevo Leon has reached the highest point of the infection curve, since the decrease in the number of cases is still very recent and a couple of weeks will be needed to confirm that the decrease in the number of cases has been confirmed. the decrease in the number of cases is still very recent and a couple of weeks will be needed to confirm that the decrease is maintained. is maintained.

- It was announced that work will be done to expand hospital capacity to increase the plasma donation service to attend COVID-19 patients in Nuevo León. to attend COVID-19 patients in Nuevo León.

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Economic Situation

Financial indicators

Main economic news

(August 24, 2020)

- Pension reform would increase budget by more than 300,000 million pesos: experts. It is estimated that in view of the little they will get from the afore, 73% of the workers contributing to the IMSS will have access to a guaranteed minimum pension. IMSS contributors will have access to a guaranteed minimum pension (El Economista). Economist). https://bit.ly/3hs0wTX

- Inflation stands at 3.99% in first half of August; its highest level since June 2019. The National Consumer Price Index has increased for the past eight fortnights of advances, according to Inegi data (El Financiero). https://bit.ly/3j7io75

- Retail rebound begins after bottoming out. Retail sales rose 7.8% in the sixth month of retail sales rose 7.8% in the sixth month of the year, their highest increase since records have records, that is, since 2008, according to Inegi (El Financiero). https://bit.ly/31mB3Wk

World News

- WHO expects coronavirus pandemic to last 'less than two years'. The WHO director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Friday that he expects the pandemic of the new the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the world will last less than two years. years. https://bit.ly/2QmaeLO

- In view of the second wave of COVID-19, restrictions return to Europe and Asia. Closure of beaches beaches and nightclubs, mandatory face masks, ban on mass gatherings: restrictions tightened again in several countries as fears grow of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and Asia. of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and cases in Europe and Asia rise to the levels of the first outbreak. Europe and Asia to the levels of the first outbreak. https://bit.ly/3hqq7Nc

- Trump authorizes use of blood plasma, taken from recovered patients, to treat the coronavirus. After expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for approval of treatments for the coronavirus, President Donald Trump on Sunday announced an emergency announced on Sunday an emergency authorization of the use of plasma for COVID-19 patients. https://bit.ly/2FLIVIE