translated from Spanish: Segob to governors of the north

In a virtual meeting with the governors of the north of the country, the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) assured that there is certainty about health inputs to deal with the coronaviris COVID-19 pandemic.
Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero told state officials that they have the federal government’s backing to deal with the emergency.

During the virtual meeting of the security cabinet, secretary @M_OlgaSCordero, told the governors of the north of the country, that there is certainty about health inputs to deal with #Covid-19, and all the support of the @GobiernoMX to deal with the national emergency. pic.twitter.com/fzO3xGU8LH
— Governance (@SEGOB_mx) April 7, 2020

In the videoconference participated the Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, as well as the Secretaries of Defense, Luis Sandoval, and that of Marina, Rafael Ojeda, as well as representatives of the National Guard, to analyze the deployment of federal forces.
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This was the first of four virtual meetings to hold cabinet members with state representatives.
The Segob stated that the main objectives of these virtual meetings would be to discuss the implementation of guidelines for the health sector and, collectively, also to address the demands on economic, policy and security, the newspaper Reforma reported.

Convened by the @SEGOB_mx, with the presence of Chancellor @m_ebrard, the security cabinet and @SE_mx and @STPS_mx hold virtual meeting with governors from the north of the country at this time of national emergency. pic.twitter.com/khBmmIgwt1
— Governance (@SEGOB_mx) April 7, 2020

Sanchez Cordero explained that it was decided that conferences with governors will be regional, after last week a meeting with all the representatives was held and lasted more than four hours.
“So we’ve decided to be with governors from the centre, north and south, to be more fluid in communication and not to last four hours,” he said.
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Regarding the coordination of the meetings by Marcelo Ebrard, segob’s headline said that “he already had an experience as head of government when the influenza pandemic in 2009”.
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Original source in Spanish