Mexico.
The spread of coronavirus in border states and the national emergency declaration of U.S This Friday they unleashed panic purchases in Monterrey and Tijuana, the most populated cities in northern Mexico.
Thousands of people Monterrey supermarkets crowded, the capital of Nuevo León, an entity in the Mexican northeast in which the State Health Secretariat confirmed this week the first two cases of COVID-19, a man who had traveled to London, Munich and Madrid, and another who returned from Denver, Colorado.
“We need to have what is essential to live, for example, cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, that is, in general what is essential to live or to protect ourselves for two weeks and have what is essential,” Rafael Rivera, a student at the University of Monterrey.
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According to interviewed merchants, not even at Christmas time have seen so many customers, who waited long lines early to enter stores.
The products with the most demand, they exposed, are disinfectants, mouth cover, cleaners, soaps, damp towels and chlorine, some of which have been exhausted in various businesses.
Meanwhile, bottled water, some foods and toilet paper are beginning to be scarce, so there are stores that only allow two packages of this last product per person.
“Unfortunately I could not get everything that we occupy on a daily basis,” said Gonzalo Villegas, a maintenance employee of a company when leaving a store.
The last case in the entity was confirmed this Friday, in addition to 13 other suspects, including the honorary president of the Frisa company, Eduardo Garza, who is part of the Group of 10, which brings together the most important businessmen in Nuevo León, one of the main headquarters of the Mexican industry.
Border fear
Meanwhile, in the Mexican northwest, thousands of Americans crossed the border after a health emergency in San Diego, California declared, to make panic purchases in Tijuana, Baja California.
Although Donald Trump has suggested restricting the border crossing with Mexico to contain the coronavirus, US citizens have saturated stores in Mexican territory, as supermarkets in his country report a shortage of products such as toilet paper and antibacterial gel.
Jesús Alejandro Ruiz, sole delegate of the Mexican Government in Baja California, told the press that the situation in San Diego is very different from that of Mexicans, since the hygiene culture is “safer” on this side of the border. .
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“We have a very good health system, the Mexican is aware and takes measures immediately, things are going well. In Mexico the matter is contained and the voices that want to alarm please be responsible, “he said.
The Secretary of Health of Baja California, Alonso Pérez, recalled that in the entity no case of COVID-19Therefore, he invited not to generate panic among the population, asserting that they are prepared to deal with any case.
Massive events such as concerts were canceled in San Diego on the recommendation of the Trump government itself, which this Friday declared the United States in an emergency.
Tijuana Mayor Arturo González announced this Friday that they will distribute 10,000 face masks As a preventive measure, although it specified that they cost 23 Mexican pesos (just over a dollar) when before coronavirus the cost was just 5 Mexican pesos per piece (less than 25 cents).
Mexico records a cumulative of 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the last official count of the federal government on Friday morning.
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