Mexico Recent COVID-19 Traffic Light Monitoring System

Thursday, December 24, 2020

The twice-monthly monitoring system was applied in June 2020, and is used to alert residents to the epidemiological dangers, and supply steerage on restrictions on sure actions, in every of the nation’s 32 states, together with Mexico Metropolis. Beneath is a map for the interval of December 21, 2020, via January 3, 2021, indicating the COVID-19 danger degree in every of the states and the capital.

The states of Baja California and State of Mexico, in addition to Mexico Metropolis, are in crimson standing, indicating a closure of all nonessential actions. Pink standing additionally signifies that people at heightened danger of contracting COVID-19 who can work remotely are obligated to telework. The state of Mexico and Mexico Metropolis are implementing the crimson visitors mild standing for a three-week interval, from December 19, 2020, via January 10, 2021.

Among the many 24 states in orange standing, 6 have issued a “crimson alert,” together with Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Sonora, and Zacatecas. A crimson alert is a warning {that a} state’s visitors mild standing might change to crimson if instances of COVID-19 proceed to rise. Guanajuato has already introduced that it’ll enter crimson mild standing from December 28, 2020, via January 10, 2021. As well as, Three states issued a “yellow alert” and a couple of issued “inexperienced alerts.”

This chart presents the visitors mild standing of every state, and, as relevant, variations between federal and native visitors mild statuses primarily based on publications of the federal Ministry of Well being and standing stories offered by every state.

Pietro Straulino-Rodríguez is managing associate of the Mexico Metropolis workplace of Ogletree Deakins.

Iván Andrade Castelán is a regulation clerk within the Mexico Metropolis workplace of Ogletree Deakins.