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Covid is back

The Baja California Sur Health Secretariat recommends to use face masks in case of symptoms of respiratory diseases remains in force. In addition, the measure is also suggested for elderly people and people with underlying conditions.

The research program on epidemiological risks of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has registered “a wide circulation of the virus at the community level that coincides with the recent report of new subvariants of the virus,”


“The timely application of basic and respiratory hygiene measures is essential to avoid COVID-19 infections, of which 259 active cases have been confirmed during the current epidemiological week in Baja California Sur, without any of them being hospitalized due to complications associated with the disease.” declared the head of the organization, Zazil Flores Aldape.

In addition, they mentioned that there was an increase in cases compared to the previous week, when there were 160, although this figure is not comparable with what happened in the pandemic, when more than 10,000 cases were reported in just 7 days within the entity. but it is still vital to contribute with the correct use of face masks when respiratory symptoms occur.

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Arcturus on the rise.

In Mexico - we do not have a break-down by state - as well our nothern neigbor USA the COVID-19 subvariant, XBB. 1.16 aka "Arcturus" is on the rise. This is INFORMATION, nothing else. No alarmista style fear mongering! The mutation has been spreading around the world and gaining more recent traction in Mexico and the U.S.
Arcturus has been detected in at least 29 countries so far, the WHO said in a weekly epidemiological update published April 13. 

You can inform yourself at the the Coronavirus Tracker here. Just click the "New Cases" column to sort by numbers as well select above that the options for "now", "Yesterday" or "2 Days ago".