Information from Press Conferences and Official Media

Federal Information

(August 25, 2020)

Secretary of Foreign Affairs

- It has been announced that Mexico is supporting 19 Mexican projects that seek to generate various pandemic response inputs, including rapid and cheaper serological tests, a low-cost RT-PCR kit and a vaccine for the virus. pandemic, including rapid and cheaper serological tests, a low-cost RT-PCR kit and a vaccine for the virus.

- These projects belong to various universities, research centers, health institutions and other entities. The resources to support these projects come from the Mexican government and various allied countries.

- It has also been confirmed that Mexico will participate with 2,000 volunteers in the clinical phase of the Sputnik 5 vaccine, a vaccine developed by Russia. developed by Russia. Foreign Minister Ebrard highlighted that all the technical information and protocols for its application have been requested, These will be reviewed by the Mexican health authorities.

- It was also mentioned that Italy has invited Mexico to participate in clinical trials of the GRAd-COV2 vaccine developed by that country. developed by that country.

- An expert mission has been received from Germany for an exchange of findings on the pandemic and pandemic care. and pandemic care.

- The Chancellor also mentioned that all Consulates in the U.S. are functioning, with the exception of the Consulates in Boise and New Orleans. and New Orleans.

- So far, 2,173 deaths of Mexican nationals have been registered in the United States, with New York being the point where the most deaths have been registered with 771. New York has registered the most deaths with 771.

State Information

(August 25, 2020)

Secretary of Health

- Secretary Manuel de la O commented that so far international scientific evidence has shown that people who have had COVID-19 generate immunity to the virus. had COVID-19 generate immunity to the virus and so far there has been no case of patients becoming infected again. infected again.

- He also mentioned that it is not possible to assure the number of deaths that will occur in Nuevo León at the end of the pandemic.

- The governor has said that with the return of the reopening of stores and other spaces on weekends, it has generated an increase in mobility, but he expects the population to continue to respect preventive health measures to avoid outbreaks. but he hopes that the population will continue to respect the preventive health measures to avoid outbreaks and that this could lead to a new closure. occasions again a closure.

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Economic Situation

Financial indicators

Main economic news

(August 25, 2020)

- Mexican economy will take up to 3 years to recover from the pandemic: Gerardo Esquivel Esquivel. Banxico's deputy governor explained that consumption has recovered in August after the sudden drop seen in the sudden drop seen in March and May, mainly due to the national confinement (El Financiero). national confinement (El Financiero). https://bit.ly/3lfzu4D

- Pemex has four months of declining production; production breaks a floor of 1.6 million barrels in July. barrels in July. During the seventh month of the year, the national oil company and its partners reported a daily production of one million 595 thousand barrels of crude oil (El Financiero). Financiero). https://bit.ly/2Yw0J19

- Coronavirus will eat up to 5% of global GDP: analysts. By 2030, the real GDP of real GDP of the major developed economies could be between 2 and 5% below the level it could have reached in a no-pandemic scenario below the level that could have been reached in a no-pandemic scenario, according to estimates according to estimates published by IHS Markit (El Economista). https://bit.ly/2YxWan4

World News

- EU signs agreement with Moderna to purchase 80 million vaccines against malaria. COVID-19. Moderna announced Monday that it plans to deliver 80 million doses of its experimental vaccine against the of its experimental coronavirus vaccine to the European Union (EU) following a series of supply agreements between the a series of supply agreements between vaccine developers and governments. governments. https://bit.ly/2QpW10u

- South Korea closes schools and opts for distance learning due to new COVID-19 cases of COVID-19. South Korea decreed on Tuesday the closure of schools and, with it, back to distance learning in the metropolitan region of the capital, Seoul, on its twelfth consecutive day with a second consecutive day with a triple-digit increase in new cases of the new coronavirus. cases of the new coronavirus. https://bit.ly/2YyJcFt

- Spain will mobilize the army to track and contain resurgences of Covid-19. The The President of the Spanish Government has made the state of alarm tool available to the autonomous the autonomous communities if they deem it necessary to control the coronavirus in their the coronavirus in their territories after cases skyrocketed in regions such as Madrid, Catalonia, Basque Country Madrid, Catalonia, the Basque Country and Aragon. https://bit.ly/3hFX3S5