translated from Spanish: Hugo López-Gatell asks not to throw country parties this September 15th and 16th

Mexico City.- The Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, called in La Mañanera to ask Mexicans not to meet or leave the house during the celebration of the festivities for the 210th anniversary of the Independence of Mexico this September 15 and 16. López-Gatell indicated that although figures in Mexico indicate a control of the pandemic by Covid-19, with a considerable reduction of cases in the country, it was not time to let our guard down with safety and hygiene measures.
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He therefore asked to stay at home, avoiding mass events or meetings to celebrate the Independence of Mexico, as he recalled that the pandemic remains active.
The epidemic remains active, all measures must be maintained from a healthy distance, in particular we call now during the holidays, not to congregate, not to hold family reunions, certainly not to hold parties or some mass celebration so that we can maintain this rate of decline in contagions,” he said.

Finally, he reminded Mexicans to continue hygiene and safety care, using water covers when leaving home and constantly washing their hands in the face of exposure away from home. Coronavirus in Mexico
The Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico has already claimed the lives of 71,049 people in the Mexican Republic, 671,716 confirmed cases have accumulated, and 475,795 patients have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 virus (Coronavirus). On the 106th day of the onset of “new normality”, 78,550 cases suspected of having the new strain of the virus are reported. In addition, the daily count of the Covid-19 pandemic indicates that as of Monday, September 14, 3,335 contagions and 228 demise of coronavirus patients were confirmed, according to the latest report of the Ministry of Health.The Director General of Epidemiology, José Luis Alomía Zegarra reported that one million 520 thousand 463 PCR tests have been applied to patients with symptoms similar to Covid-19 and 770 thousand 197 people have been negative. The percentage of confirmed cases is 52.16 % in men and 47.84 % in women.

Original source in Spanish