Information from Press Conferences and Official Media

Federal Information

(26 de Noviembre de 2020)

Health Secretary

- Dr. Hugo López-Gatell, Undersecretary of Health, commented that the application file for the registration of the vaccine against COVID-19 from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.

- He added that the vaccination program to be implemented with COVID-19 vaccines is the responsibility of the Federal Health Secretariat and not of the States. Federal Health and not the States.

State Information

(26 de Noviembre de 2020)

Health Secretary

- In presenting the state health indicators, the indicator for pneumonia increase comparing 2020 vs. 2019 dropped to level orange. The other indicators did not present changes.

- The reactivation measures remain unchanged.

- The State Secretary of Health informed that the first antigenic tests were applied in the State. He indicated that 103 tests were performed, of which 20 were positive. of which 20 were positive.

Number of cases

Economic Situation

Financial indicators

Main economic news

(November 27, 2020)

- Fiscal support for the Northern Border will be extended until 2024, announces López Obrador. With the signing of a decree, which will take place in Mexicali, Baja California, the support program will be extended until December 31, 2024. support program will be extended until December 31 of that year (El Financiero). https://bit.ly/36cDVYj

- Economic activity moderated recovery; grew 1% monthly. The services sector recorded the best registered the best performance, with a growth of 1.8%, the return is moderate, as many require more physical contact (El Economista). moderate, as many require more physical contact (El Economista). https://bit.ly/33lv2tL

- Government signs decree to grant fiscal incentives to the Southern Border. This This decree will grant benefits to 22 municipalities and converts Chetumal into a Free Zone; will take effect on January 1, 2021 (El Financiero). https://bit.ly/3nYJqQs

World News

- Russia suggests to AstraZeneca to combine its vaccines. The developers of the Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine said Thursday that AstraZeneca and Oxford should try to combine should try to combine their experimental injection with the Russian formulation to increase efficacy. increase efficacy. https://bit.ly/3qcVOhV

- AstraZeneca evaluates conducting another global trial of COVID-19 vaccine: Bloomberg. AstraZeneca Plc will possibly conduct an additional global trial to evaluate the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine, the drugmaker's chief executive Pascal Soriot Pascal Soriot, the drugmaker's chief executive, according to media reports, following questions of questions raised about the data from its large-scale trials. https://reut.rs/2J4ikJ7

- China claims that the coronavirus originated abroad and not in Wuhan. While the world is experiencing a resurgence of covid-19 infections, China is China is spreading, through state media, that SARS-CoV-2 already existed abroad; however, they were the first to detect it in late abroad; however, they were the first to detect it in late 2019 in Wuhan, where they were 2019 in Wuhan, where it was traced to a seafood market. https://bit.ly/37dHay8