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Monday, November 18
Mexico will accept the disembarkation of cruise ships with COVID-19 cases
The Mexican Government announced this Tuesday that it will allow the disembarkation of cruise ships with passengers infected with COVID – 19 , amid growing restrictions in other countries and opposition from local administrations.
The Government promised to attend to travelers with COVID – 19 and comply with the international health regulations of the World Health Organization (WHO), according to a joint statement from the Ministry of Health (SSa) and Tourism (Sectur).
“In case people traveling on cruise ships show symptoms of covid disease – 19 or a positive test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, they will be provided with the required medical attention “, stated the agencies.
The announcement occurs after you authorize them The sanitary agencies of Jalisco, a Mexican Pacific state, denied during the last two weeks the disembarkation of two cruise ships in Puerto Vallarta because the first had 30 Confirmed COVID Cases – 19 and other 21.
In addition, this Tuesday it transpired that, amid the expansion of the omicron variant, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Investigating COVID Outbreak – 19 of the last 7 days in 68 cruise ships.
The authorities of Puerto Rico also imposed a series of restrictions on Tuesday.
Despite this risk, the Mexican Government said that “people who do not show symptoms will be able to do their tourist activities with respect to the measures b Prevention tips: correct use of face masks, frequent hand washing with soap and water. ”
“ Asymptomatic people or people with mild symptoms They will be kept in preventive quarantine, and those that show serious symptoms will be treated in the hospitals of the cities where they are located, ”indicated the government secretariats.
Mexico’s opening to tourism occurs while the country accumulates more than 3.9 million cases and is approaching 300, deaths from COVID – 19, the fourth highest figure in the world.
But the official in charge of the pandemic, the Undersecretary of Health Hugo López-Gatell, argued this Tuesday that the Ómicron variant is “overestimated”, of which there is only 42 cases confirmed by the Government.
“Our country maintains its policy of solidarity and fraternity, as well as the principle of non-discrimination towards all people, for what the health and tourism authorities remain pending to provide necessary medical assistance to those who visit us for recreational reasons “, concluded the statement.
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