translated from Spanish: Mexico enters phase 3 by COVID-19 health emergency

Mexico enters phase 3 of the health emergency by COVID-19 from Tuesday, said Hugo López Gatell, Undersecretary for Health Prevention and Promotion.
This means that at this stage of the health emergency there will be the greatest amount of contagion among the population.
“Today we want to kick off Phase 3 of the COVID-19 epidemic, recalling that we are in the rapid ascent phase where a large number of contagions will accumulate, of hospitalizations,” the official said at a press conference.
Phase 3, as epidemiologists call it, is when there are regional outbreaks that already involve national dispersion of the virus, with cases numbering in the thousands.
The official called for continued measures of sound distance to make contagions minimal.
Federal health authorities reported a total of 8,772 confirmed cases as of April 21 since the pandemic began and 712 deaths.
The phases
In phase 1 the cases are only dozens, all imported or of contacts with those affected (family scope).
Phase 2 is already community dispersion, with community-generated, but still targeted, contagions.
3 is the epidemic, with thousands of cases across the country.
 
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Original source in Spanish