Omicron In Baja - Leonardo Schwebel !!!

Okay, trying to catch up on Baja - will start with Omicron then move on a bit later with the drug war events.

Angela Torres Lozano of Zeta has been religiously  and accurately reporting on COVID-19 developments in Baja for months.  There is at least one private news source which is basically run by the real estate developers coming out of Rosarito Beach which seems to be in a state of denial about the pandemic's effects locally.

However, you can always go to Zeta  for the latest details, as in this report on Baja Sur (which may make you reconsider driving down to Mulege or even  Loreto).

 

Omicron in Baja California

 

 ~ From Zeta: 

  Estiman 12 Mil Contagios Mas Por Omicron

 

Destacados  -  Ángela Torres Lozano  -  viernes, 14 enero, 2022 5:22 PM

 

 

 

 Health authorities agree with the international health sector: the fourth wave of the pandemic caused by the new variant of the virus and the winter season is on the rise and they will not be able to control it until April 2022. While citizens are waiting in long lines to undergo a test, the vaccination points are extended to children under 14 years of age 

 

“I finally rested today. On Monday and Tuesday I was doing the COVID-19 tests on everyone who came to the clinic, I treated between 30 and 50 people by myself, because I don't have staff and almost all of them were from IMSS," one of the doctors confessed to ZETA . in the fever clinics of the Ministry of Health.

Since last week, an increase in visits to the fever clinics and the respiratory filters of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) has been documented, but the situation has gotten out of control, due to the fact that more than a thousand daily infections continued and more than 6 thousand active cases, reaching new record figures that forced the state government to take measures, such as changing the epidemiological traffic light to Orange, recommending the vaccination certificate and, above all, what they tried to avoid by complying with the federal mandate: postpone the return to face-to-face classes.

People no longer went only to the filters of clinics 7 and 27 to take the test, but, given the saturation and long waiting times, the beneficiaries began to go to the fever clinics.

“As it took a long time to be treated at the IMSS, they began to come here. We cannot deny them care, we are not going to do it, but we are saturated and many only come for the voucher or in search of disability, so, in any case, they must stand in line,” said the doctor approached by this Weekly.

CLOSE OFFICES, OPEN MORE FILTERS

In a tour carried out by ZETA , it was found that in Clinic 27 they had to modify, again, the clinics to provide care to the population. Outside, three rows left the compound.

One went up the bridge that crosses Bulevar Díaz Ordaz, it was for “Unifila” patients, that is, those who need a consultation for something other than COVID-19, but do not have an appointment, so they have to wait to be seen by a doctor on duty, and not precisely the one corresponding to their offices.

Then there are the other two: those who have symptoms and are waiting to be tested for COVID-19, and those who have already tested positive and need to process their disability. Both rows turned to Boulevard Sánchez Taboada, on the train tracks, and between the three they accumulate several hundred people who wait for hours to be served.

According to information obtained by ZETA , on Tuesday, January 11, 785 patients were treated in the two shifts of Clinic 27, of which 221 were positive in the morning and 281 in the afternoon, that is, 63 percent of those who managed to attend had COVID-19, with 15 doctors providing care on each shift.

On Wednesday, the number of services rose to 877, with 629 infected, that is, 71% positivity in both shifts.

“Even so, about 60 people were left outside and pending capture, but valued, about 50; we rise exponentially and it will continue like this, ”said a doctor of the respiratory filter.

On January 12, more offices were closed for the rest of the population, so there were already 30 doctors on each shift, but the line continued endlessly, where if you did not have COVID19, it was very likely to acquire it once there.

This led many to go to the health centers established as fever clinics, but since the Mariano Matamoros subdivision was closed, many went to the Francisco Villa neighborhood, in order to obtain their test.

During ZETA 's tour of the Mariano clinic, it was observed how a couple of women came to be treated, but the security guard warned them that there was no doctor, so they had to return on Thursday, or go to their right-hand clinic. .

“Do you have Social Security? What happens is that right now we don't have a doctor, so we are inviting those who have Insurance (IMSS) to go to their clinics, because we can't process their disability, which I imagine they need at work," they told them. He kindly explained, to which they answered yes, since they needed the positive test to start the process.

Authorities informed this Weekly that by reinforcing the vaccination days, part of the personnel in the health centers, including the fever clinics, were directed to help, so these places were left without employees, despite the increase in visits.

"We were few, per se, and only two of us who were trained to do the tests, now there is only a nurse, the security guard and me," the source mentioned.

Likewise, all those who arrived were sent to the other places.

 

WAITING LIST

Others preferred to pay instead of wasting time in the queues, for which the private laboratories registered a high influx of suspects of contagion.

Some even increased their prices: one thousand pesos for the antigen test and between 2,600 and 3,500 pesos for the PCR test; while those certified by the Ministry of Health, such as Certus and Gamboa , maintained their prices between 680 pesos for antigens and 1,800 pesos for PCR.

However, to avoid the long lines, clinics in stores such as Abarrotes El Florido, chose to give appointments to those who wanted to take the test for antiques, to avoid crowds in front of the premises and with it more infections.

They are currently attending 30 to 50 people per office, although not all of them apply it, because in tours, branches such as Los Pinos, Las Brisas and Fraccionamiento El Florido, people were attended directly due to the lack of people.

FOURTH WAVE BARELY ON THE RISE

Óscar Efrén Zazueta Fierro, head of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, announced during the “morning” of the state government that the fourth wave of COVID-19 is just beginning.

He explained that according to a mathematical projection carried out by the University of Washington in the United States, the new peak of this wave of infections is expected to arrive in February and last until the end of March or April, when a plateau is achieved and then start the decrease, due to the ease of contagion of the Omicron variant (of the SARS-CoV-2 virus), since of each person infected with it, it infects ten, and despite the fact that patients present milder symptoms, those who have not been vaccinated are at higher risk of being hospitalized.
In a conference, the specialist warned that although hospital occupation has been maintained, and even decreased in some epidemiological weeks - it remains between 62 and 70% -, if mobility continues, there is a high probability that the health system will return to collapse, since record figures continue to be registered in infections and active cases.

RECULAN WITH PRESENTIAL CLASSES

On Monday, January 10, Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda announced the return to the Orange level epidemiological traffic light, before the Federation updates it, since more than a thousand infections began to be registered on average in 24 hours.

Part of the objectives was to stop the increase in cases to reopen schools to face-to-face classes, as ordered by the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the State tried to defend despite the fact that the situation was already getting out of control.

The state president announced that face-to-face classes in basic education were postponed again, although they will continue in a hybrid way, as has been handled since 2021.

Likewise, it did not give an estimated date to resume the provision, and the number of teachers, administrative staff and students currently infected was not disclosed, despite the fact that this Weekly requested the information on several occasions.

The State Secretary of Health himself, José Adrián Medina Amarillas, admitted that it was not consistent to request home protection and reduce the capacity in shops, when minors were allowed to go to class, despite being an essential activity.

Teachers were dissatisfied and uncertain about what would happen to face-to-face classes, although against returning not only because not everyone has received the vaccine booster or the lack of payment to interims, but also because of contagion.

“They haven't told us anything, there are rumors that we're not going to come back, but not even the director knows what's up. In the school of other compañeras they have already been told no, because their director and administrators tested positive, but in particular I do not agree, the risk is great, I do not understand the nonsense, ”said Nidia Robledo, a secondary school teacher.

REINFORCE VACCINATION

Another of the measures taken by the State to contain infections is the reinforcement of vaccination days. In each municipality there will be an evening headquarters that will work on weekends, while in cities such as Tijuana and Mexicali, more venues will be set up.

In Tijuana, the Sustainable Mobility Institute (IMOS) was re-enabled, which had ceased to be used due to lack of personnel and furniture, in addition to the fact that the use of the property is uncertain since the administration of Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda began.
Likewise, Sanitary Jurisdiction Number 2 serves as permanent or evening headquarters most of the time, although sometimes it is changed to the Municipal Palace; while in Mexicali, the Plaza Mandarin is used for such purposes.

Last week the reinforcement application was authorized for people over 40 years of age and yesterday, Thursday the 13th, vaccination for children under 13 years of age was authorized, which has led to queues of more than three hours in different places to obtain immunization.

On the other hand, mobility has decreased very little despite the warnings, merchants and restaurateurs told ZETA , who have resented the lack of customers, but those who arrive do not comply with all sanitary measures either.

“At this point and with what we know about the pandemic, there are still people who get upset if we ask them to wear a mask when they are not at their table, or they want to enter the place just like that,” said a waiter."

 

~~~~ 

 

 

So far, we have not noticed the general public wearing legitimate N95 masks as recommended by the CDC for maximum protection.  Notice the video of counterfeit N95's on this link which most likely will be making an appearance down here.

 

~~~~~

Update/edit: Adding this, must watch...! 

Bravo Leonardo !

 Hit the link to watch the video...

 

  ~ From Index Journal: 01/17/22

 

TV Host Blasts Anti-Vaxxers In Expletive-Filled On-Air Rant 

 

(;

~~~~~ 

Omicron In Baja - Leonardo Schwebel !!!

Okay, trying to catch up on Baja - will start with Omicron then move on a bit later with the drug war events.

Angela Torres Lozano of Zeta has been religiously  and accurately reporting on COVID-19 developments in Baja for months.  There is at least one private news source which is basically run by the real estate developers coming out of Rosarito Beach which seems to be in a state of denial about the pandemic's effects locally.

However, you can always go to Zeta  for the latest details, as in this report on Baja Sur (which may make you reconsider driving down to Mulege or even  Loreto).

 

Omicron in Baja California

 

 ~ From Zeta: 

  Estiman 12 Mil Contagios Mas Por Omicron

 

Destacados  -  Ángela Torres Lozano  -  viernes, 14 enero, 2022 5:22 PM

 

 

 

 Health authorities agree with the international health sector: the fourth wave of the pandemic caused by the new variant of the virus and the winter season is on the rise and they will not be able to control it until April 2022. While citizens are waiting in long lines to undergo a test, the vaccination points are extended to children under 14 years of age 

 

“I finally rested today. On Monday and Tuesday I was doing the COVID-19 tests on everyone who came to the clinic, I treated between 30 and 50 people by myself, because I don't have staff and almost all of them were from IMSS," one of the doctors confessed to ZETA . in the fever clinics of the Ministry of Health.

Since last week, an increase in visits to the fever clinics and the respiratory filters of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) has been documented, but the situation has gotten out of control, due to the fact that more than a thousand daily infections continued and more than 6 thousand active cases, reaching new record figures that forced the state government to take measures, such as changing the epidemiological traffic light to Orange, recommending the vaccination certificate and, above all, what they tried to avoid by complying with the federal mandate: postpone the return to face-to-face classes.

People no longer went only to the filters of clinics 7 and 27 to take the test, but, given the saturation and long waiting times, the beneficiaries began to go to the fever clinics.

“As it took a long time to be treated at the IMSS, they began to come here. We cannot deny them care, we are not going to do it, but we are saturated and many only come for the voucher or in search of disability, so, in any case, they must stand in line,” said the doctor approached by this Weekly.

CLOSE OFFICES, OPEN MORE FILTERS

In a tour carried out by ZETA , it was found that in Clinic 27 they had to modify, again, the clinics to provide care to the population. Outside, three rows left the compound.

One went up the bridge that crosses Bulevar Díaz Ordaz, it was for “Unifila” patients, that is, those who need a consultation for something other than COVID-19, but do not have an appointment, so they have to wait to be seen by a doctor on duty, and not precisely the one corresponding to their offices.

Then there are the other two: those who have symptoms and are waiting to be tested for COVID-19, and those who have already tested positive and need to process their disability. Both rows turned to Boulevard Sánchez Taboada, on the train tracks, and between the three they accumulate several hundred people who wait for hours to be served.

According to information obtained by ZETA , on Tuesday, January 11, 785 patients were treated in the two shifts of Clinic 27, of which 221 were positive in the morning and 281 in the afternoon, that is, 63 percent of those who managed to attend had COVID-19, with 15 doctors providing care on each shift.

On Wednesday, the number of services rose to 877, with 629 infected, that is, 71% positivity in both shifts.

“Even so, about 60 people were left outside and pending capture, but valued, about 50; we rise exponentially and it will continue like this, ”said a doctor of the respiratory filter.

On January 12, more offices were closed for the rest of the population, so there were already 30 doctors on each shift, but the line continued endlessly, where if you did not have COVID19, it was very likely to acquire it once there.

This led many to go to the health centers established as fever clinics, but since the Mariano Matamoros subdivision was closed, many went to the Francisco Villa neighborhood, in order to obtain their test.

During ZETA 's tour of the Mariano clinic, it was observed how a couple of women came to be treated, but the security guard warned them that there was no doctor, so they had to return on Thursday, or go to their right-hand clinic. .

“Do you have Social Security? What happens is that right now we don't have a doctor, so we are inviting those who have Insurance (IMSS) to go to their clinics, because we can't process their disability, which I imagine they need at work," they told them. He kindly explained, to which they answered yes, since they needed the positive test to start the process.

Authorities informed this Weekly that by reinforcing the vaccination days, part of the personnel in the health centers, including the fever clinics, were directed to help, so these places were left without employees, despite the increase in visits.

"We were few, per se, and only two of us who were trained to do the tests, now there is only a nurse, the security guard and me," the source mentioned.

Likewise, all those who arrived were sent to the other places.

 

WAITING LIST

Others preferred to pay instead of wasting time in the queues, for which the private laboratories registered a high influx of suspects of contagion.

Some even increased their prices: one thousand pesos for the antigen test and between 2,600 and 3,500 pesos for the PCR test; while those certified by the Ministry of Health, such as Certus and Gamboa , maintained their prices between 680 pesos for antigens and 1,800 pesos for PCR.

However, to avoid the long lines, clinics in stores such as Abarrotes El Florido, chose to give appointments to those who wanted to take the test for antiques, to avoid crowds in front of the premises and with it more infections.

They are currently attending 30 to 50 people per office, although not all of them apply it, because in tours, branches such as Los Pinos, Las Brisas and Fraccionamiento El Florido, people were attended directly due to the lack of people.

FOURTH WAVE BARELY ON THE RISE

Óscar Efrén Zazueta Fierro, head of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, announced during the “morning” of the state government that the fourth wave of COVID-19 is just beginning.

He explained that according to a mathematical projection carried out by the University of Washington in the United States, the new peak of this wave of infections is expected to arrive in February and last until the end of March or April, when a plateau is achieved and then start the decrease, due to the ease of contagion of the Omicron variant (of the SARS-CoV-2 virus), since of each person infected with it, it infects ten, and despite the fact that patients present milder symptoms, those who have not been vaccinated are at higher risk of being hospitalized.
In a conference, the specialist warned that although hospital occupation has been maintained, and even decreased in some epidemiological weeks - it remains between 62 and 70% -, if mobility continues, there is a high probability that the health system will return to collapse, since record figures continue to be registered in infections and active cases.

RECULAN WITH PRESENTIAL CLASSES

On Monday, January 10, Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda announced the return to the Orange level epidemiological traffic light, before the Federation updates it, since more than a thousand infections began to be registered on average in 24 hours.

Part of the objectives was to stop the increase in cases to reopen schools to face-to-face classes, as ordered by the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the State tried to defend despite the fact that the situation was already getting out of control.

The state president announced that face-to-face classes in basic education were postponed again, although they will continue in a hybrid way, as has been handled since 2021.

Likewise, it did not give an estimated date to resume the provision, and the number of teachers, administrative staff and students currently infected was not disclosed, despite the fact that this Weekly requested the information on several occasions.

The State Secretary of Health himself, José Adrián Medina Amarillas, admitted that it was not consistent to request home protection and reduce the capacity in shops, when minors were allowed to go to class, despite being an essential activity.

Teachers were dissatisfied and uncertain about what would happen to face-to-face classes, although against returning not only because not everyone has received the vaccine booster or the lack of payment to interims, but also because of contagion.

“They haven't told us anything, there are rumors that we're not going to come back, but not even the director knows what's up. In the school of other compañeras they have already been told no, because their director and administrators tested positive, but in particular I do not agree, the risk is great, I do not understand the nonsense, ”said Nidia Robledo, a secondary school teacher.

REINFORCE VACCINATION

Another of the measures taken by the State to contain infections is the reinforcement of vaccination days. In each municipality there will be an evening headquarters that will work on weekends, while in cities such as Tijuana and Mexicali, more venues will be set up.

In Tijuana, the Sustainable Mobility Institute (IMOS) was re-enabled, which had ceased to be used due to lack of personnel and furniture, in addition to the fact that the use of the property is uncertain since the administration of Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda began.
Likewise, Sanitary Jurisdiction Number 2 serves as permanent or evening headquarters most of the time, although sometimes it is changed to the Municipal Palace; while in Mexicali, the Plaza Mandarin is used for such purposes.

Last week the reinforcement application was authorized for people over 40 years of age and yesterday, Thursday the 13th, vaccination for children under 13 years of age was authorized, which has led to queues of more than three hours in different places to obtain immunization.

On the other hand, mobility has decreased very little despite the warnings, merchants and restaurateurs told ZETA , who have resented the lack of customers, but those who arrive do not comply with all sanitary measures either.

“At this point and with what we know about the pandemic, there are still people who get upset if we ask them to wear a mask when they are not at their table, or they want to enter the place just like that,” said a waiter."

 

~~~~ 

 

 

So far, we have not noticed the general public wearing legitimate N95 masks as recommended by the CDC for maximum protection.  Notice the video of counterfeit N95's on this link which most likely will be making an appearance down here.

 

~~~~~

Update/edit: Adding this, must watch...! 

Bravo Leonardo !

 Hit the link to watch the video...

 

  ~ From Index Journal: 01/17/22

 

TV Host Blasts Anti-Vaxxers In Expletive-Filled On-Air Rant 

 

(;

~~~~~ 

A Problema in Rosarito Beach With Social Distancing - Updates on Local Drug War Stats For TIJ & The COVID-19 Local & National Stats - 04/05: UPDATE Rosarito Beach - ALL Clear !!

I had read  that according to Google, the majority of Mexican people are not staying at home, despite fair warnings and the importance of social distancing.  The weekend prior to this article, we were impressed by the conditions in Rosarito Beach at the supermarkets, the pharmacias, the fish store, the gas station and the general social distancing we witnessed on the streets which were not crowded for a weekend. Most people were wearing masks in the stores and hand sanitizer was being made available in front of Smart & Final. Here is that report on Google:

 ~ From Zeta: 

Google delata que la mayoria de los Mexicanos no se estan quedando en casa, tras contingencia sanitaria
Por, Gerardo Andrade 

"Mexico is the country in Latin America that has least complied with the instruction to remain isolated due to the coronavirus pandemic, and this could be demonstrated by registering their cell phones.
 
The company Google released this Friday, April 3, a study where it collects the information from mobile devices that have the location chronology of their map application activated.
These same data are offered in a segmented way into six categories for each region or geographic area. In Latin America there are differences between the countries that have taken drastic isolation measures.
 
It is in this way that it is known that only 45% of Mexicans have stopped going to leisure places, of the aforementioned percentage 46% continue to attend recreational places, 19% to markets, 20% to their jobs.
 
In this way, it is shown that Mexicans have not yet taken the isolation measure with the seriousness it should, despite the recommendations of the Mexican authorities from the three levels of government.
In contrast, in Argentina a total quarantine began on March 20, the drop in the influx of people to cafes, restaurants, shopping malls was noted from the first day, reaching 86%, although it was already decreasing.
 
As a means of reference for habitual mobility, Google has used the movement that occurred in each of those areas, in the five weeks that ran from January 3 to February 6 of this year.
 
Also in Colombia, the brake on mobility has been very important, 86% of people have avoided attending leisure places, such as playgrounds.
 
In Brazil the decrease has been 71%, a similar figure was registered in Chile and in Peru the percentage of people's mobility fell to 55%.
 
Google offers for some countries data by provinces, which for example reflect a comparative decrease in mobility greater in large cities than in provinces without large crowds.
 
What is worrying is that in Mexico it is still in a stage where the pandemic due to COVID-19 does not hit with the expected severity.
 
Currently in Baja California there are already 58 confirmed cases of people infected with the coronavirus, with Mexicali being the city with the highest number of infections, 32 and then Tijuana with 26; as well as 4 deceased people."

~~~~~

However, this weekend threw us for a loop.  Mike, wearing both a mask and gloves, walked in to Calimax on Benito Juarez which was crowded and the parking lot was full, took several looks around and exited.  There was no social distancing, no one was wearing masks or gloves except for the checkers. Same situation at the Walmart . Not hundreds of people on the streets, but groups were together and no masks were seen; the gas station was good as was the Simi pharmacia, and importantly Smart & Final got the gold star, including the shoppers inside.  You actually felt safe inside, even though the prices are high.  Smart & Final also had hand sanitizer and toilet paper. Up in the States, they are limiting the number of people who can go into the stores (i.e. Vons & Walmart & Smart & Final) but so far there are no limits down here. So, I don't know what happened at Calimax,but it was scary. Mike will check it out again today. 


The lines going up every morning very early at SYPOE are backed up, so many people commuting still.  Police and National Guard on the streets in Tijuana and even below Ensenada in places like Camalu, Colonet and San Quintin directing people to go back to their homes.  We'll see what happens over Semana Santa.


The good news is that according to the authorities there are no cases of the Covid-19 in Rosarito Beach, so let's keep our fingers crossed.

~~~~~

UPDATE/EDIT - 04/05/20:

Rosarito Beach situation  - This afternoon Mike went in again to RB and reports a 100% improvement in the conditions at Calimax on Benito Juarez.  In a complete turnaround from yesterday's  free-for-all, only one entrance door was opened, staff was limiting the number of people who could go into the store, staff was cleaning people's hands as they entered, and people were being kept apart inside of the store.  Still, only about a quarter of the shoppers wore face mask protection.
So, wow Calimax also gets a gold star.

This is important:  On Benito Juarez, there was a police unit flanked by two truckloads of Army/National guardsmen equipped with a loudspeaker driving slowly while announcing the safety precautions to take against the virus and advising people to stay home, impressive ! I'd have to disagree with google on RB, streets were not crowded at all, yesterday was a glitch - I think people are getting the word.  Good Job !!! Maybe one of you out there can bring us up to date on what's happening over in Constitucion, Popotla, etc ? That would be nice, thanks.

end edit.

~~~~~


The Local Virus Stats:


 ~ From Zeta - 04/04/20


En BC se eleva a 5 muertes por COVID-19; Ensenada registra el primer caso confirmado
Por, Lourdes Loza Romero & Lorena Lamas



"A man, 49 years old, was the fifth fatal victim from COVID-19 that is registered in Baja California, reported the morning of April 4, Dr. Alonso Pérez Rico, head of the State Health Secretariat.
 
Currently in Baja California 69 cases have been confirmed, presenting for the first time a case in the municipality of Ensenada. The rest of the breakdown are 32 in Tijuana and 36 in Mexicali. Of the deaths, 3 were in Tijuana and 2 in Mexicali, Pérez Rico noted that the 49-year-old patient is the youngest person to have died in the state due to this new disease, the rest remain in the age group of 50 and 65 years old.
 
Under analysis of 202 cases are found as suspects, 103 in Tijuana, 62 in Mexicali, 29 in Ensenada, 5 in Tecate and 3 in San Quintín.

First confirmed case in Ensenada
 
In Ensenada, the presence of the first case of infection with the COVID-19 virus was confirmed this Saturday, Pérez Rico reported during the live broadcast with Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez.
He announced that in total there are 29 suspected cases in Ensenada and 3 more in the San Quintín delegation.
 
Before the confirmation of the first positive case, the municipal president, Armando Ayala Robles, urged the population to continue applying the sanitary recommendations to jointly achieve the containment of the pandemic in the municipality.
 
The first mayor highlighted that since March 18 his administration launched actions aimed at the application of preventive measures and for the protection of groups with greater vulnerability, in said checkpoints they detected tourists entering the port.
 
Consequently, the first mayor invited those who arrive at the municipality from other parts of Baja California and the United States, to isolate themselves for a period of 14 days and if they show any symptoms of respiratory disease during that time, they should contact the telephone lines arranged by the Ministry of Health."

P.S. Am adding this - the one man found to be an active carrier was only found due to the police traffic filter at El Sauzal going into Ensenada manned by the police on the look out for people who are infected by Covid-19.  So, we are hoping the jefes are keeping their guys well protected and safe, they are putting their lives on the line. Thank you to the authorities and be careful !


Update/edit : 04/05/20

Seven are dead, and 93 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Baja California, a big jump in confirmed cases:

 ~ From Zeta: 04/05/20

Suman 7 defunciones y 93 casos confirmados de COVID-19 en BC 
Por, Angela Torres Lozano

"Baja California has already registered 7 deaths, 4 in Tijuana and 3 in Mexicali, and 93 cases of people infected with COVID-19, for which reason social distancing continues.
 

Alonso Pérez Rico, Secretary of Health in the State, reported through a live transmission that 651 cases have been studied, of which 380 have been discarded.

Of the 178 suspected cases, Tijuana has 88, Mexicali 57, Ensenada 27, Tecate 5, Vicente Guerrero / San Quintín 1, and Rosarito 0.

 

As for deaths, the 7 people are men, and the average age is 57.8 years. The first 2 deaths occurred on March 29, 2 more on March 31, one on April 2, and two more on April 4.

 

Of the confirmed cases, 15 have obesity, 15 hypertension, 19 smoking, 10 diabetes, 5 asthma, 3 HIV / AIDS, 2 cardiovascular disease, 2 immunosuppression, 1 chronic kidney failure and 1 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

 

Pérez Rico noted that only 10 percent of confirmed cases are hospitalized, and that so far they still have beds and respirators available for those who require it, but asked to keep their distance so as not to saturate health services.

 

He added that it is in Mexicali where there has been greater resistance to keeping their distance, since they continue to hold meetings and conglomerate, so he asked to heed the recommendations and avoid infecting third parties."

 

 

end edit. 

 

~~~~~

The National Stats:

 ~ From Zeta: 04/04/20 

Ya van 79 muertos por Covid-19 en Mexico 



"Until the afternoon of this Saturday, April 4, in Mexico there have been 79 deaths from coronavirus, reported the Ministry of Health.
 
Sanitary authorities confirmed 1,890 cases, they said they are investigating 5,827 as suspects, while 9,467 have been ruled out.
 
In total, 17 thousand 184 people have been studied.
 
Three quarters of the cases have been registered in the last 14 days. The average age of sick people is 43 years. In 78 percent of cases the disease is mild.
 
Mexico has one of the highest prevalences of diabetes and three quarters of the population are overweight and obese, which puts the population at risk, said Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion.


He specified that it can not yet be assured that Mexico has made little progress in cases due to the health measures implemented since March 13 throughout the country.
 
The entities that register the most cases of COVID-19 are Mexico City, with 469; the State of Mexico, 180; Puebla, where there were 125, and Jalisco, with 120.
 
While the demarations with the highest incidence rate of contagions are Mexico City, where 5.2 cases are located for every 100,000 people; follow Quintana Roo with a rate of 4.35, in Aguascalientes the rate is 3.42; Tabasco and Yucatan follow, with 3.36 and 3.23.
 

The states with the most deaths are Mexico City, with 17; Sinaloa, where 10 people died; Jalisco, with six, while in Baja Califoirnia there have been five deaths from the virus.

The official recalled that in Mexico the population is exposed to getting COVID-19 because it has one of the highest prevalences of diabetes, while three quarters are overweight and obese. "That will weigh," he added.
 
He specified that it can not yet be assured that Mexico has made little progress in cases due to the health measures implemented since March 13 throughout the country.
 
Gatell-López reminded citizens that people with signs of COVID-19 who are not within the population with more risk factors should stay home to avoid saturating the medical centers.
 
GOVERNMENT CALLS DOCTORS
 
Alejandro Svarch Pérez, head of the Insabi National Medical Coordination, recalled that the call "Mexico against COVID-19", which seeks the recruitment of medical personnel, began today and aims to respond to the deficit of doctors in the country.
 
Zoé Robledo Aburto, Director General of the IMSS, specified that the staff contracts will last six months, which implies that the institutions will provide social insurance for the new workers, as well as their family, who will also have liability insurance.

"(The new staff) will be dedicated body and soul to attending to cases," he said, explaining that the training will be sectoral.

In addition, in the case of unionized workers of the IMSS, they will be given a union aid for death
Robledo Aburto and Svarch Pérez detailed that the contracted people will receive a month's payment in advance plus the per diem payment, considering that some doctors would come from other states;  

It will also be sought that the National Examination of Aspirants to Medical Residences recognize the commitment to the country they have, giving them an additional score.
 
Alejandro Svarch explained that the health authorities hope to hire 6,600 doctors and 12,300 nurses. Tomorrow will begin the process of review of applications, on April 6 will start the recruitment and it is expected that between April 7 and 9 to 20-30 percent of our deficit of doctors in the country will be hired, he said.
 
Between April 10 and 13 they will have 40 and 50 percent of the hiring, from 1 to 17 they will be from 70 to 75 percent, while from April 18 to 20 they will be 90 to 100 percent, he added.
The official recalled that the hospitals are already working on a "waterfall model", where specialized doctors train general practitioners, this to be prepared in case of not being able to hire all the necessary personnel through the call."

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Drug War Continues:

 19 executed this month so far in Tijuana, the YTD TIJ = 494 dead and YTD Statewide = 621 dead. I'll be back with Ensenada stats which are high, and a shootout between vehicles down the road on the Scenic Highway by BajaMar raised some eyebrows.


From Zeta : 04/04/20

Reportan Tijuana 5 homicidios, van 19 en abril 

"The State Security and Investigation Guard (GESI) reported that in the last few hours there have been five homicides in different parts of Tijuana. The number of murders so far in April has reached 19, and in the year at 494.
 
In the parking lot of Plaza Misión Soler, located in the El Soler subdivision, a man, between 35 and 40 years old, was shot to death in the torso. Five shells and a bullet were found at the scene.
 
Derived from an armed attack, one man died and another was wounded in events that occurred on Margarita Avenue and San Carlos Street in the Jardines de la Mesa neighborhood. The victims were identified as 29-year-old Felipe de Jesús Galaviz Ávila, who was declared lifeless at the site, after the impacts he received on the abdomen, while Salvador Delgadillo García, 32, was transferred to a hospital for attention. At the crime scene, 9 bushings and two vehicles with holes were counted.

A man who answered the name of Jesús Alfredo Ponce Jáuregui, 33, perished in the IMSS Hospital Number 20. The deceased entered the hospital a day earlier with gunshot wounds to the head, after being attacked in the Cumbres neighborhood.
 
On Cruz del Sur street, on the corner of Andrómeda, in the Sánchez Taboada neighborhood, a young man between 20 and 25 years old was attacked with two shots to the abdomen, and died instantly.
 
Finally, in the early morning hours of this Saturday, April 4, in a white Ford E-150 vehicle with California 8P44807 license plates on Purísima Street, in front of number 20567, Buenos Aires Sur neighborhood, a young man of 20 was found dead. to approximately 25 years. The victim was tied at the lower extremities with a white coated cable. A 9mm caliber shell and a bullet were found at the site.
 
With these crimes, the statewide homicide figure has reached 621 so far in 2020."

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Update/edit : 04/05/20

 The numbers increase:  TIJ YTD - 496 Homicides/Executions; Statewide YTD  - 666 Homicides/Executions:

Reportan dos muertos en Tijuana  

"Two executions on Saturday, April 4, were reported by the State Security and Investigation Guard (GESI) in Tijuana. The number of violent deaths reached 496 victims in 2020.
 
Late Saturday night, the emergency center was informed that in the Garden and Albacete streets of the Villas del Sol subdivision, the body of a male between 50 and 55 years old was found. The deceased had a head injury caused by a firearm projectile. A 7.72 × 39 caliber shell was found in the area
 
Later, inside a black Nissan Sentra vehicle with A37-NUF-8 border plates, the lifeless body of a man was found in the driver's seat. The victim, aged between 40 and 45, had a gunshot wound to the chest. Agents of the Processing group of the State Investigation Agency report that the events occurred in Ignacio Allende street in front of # 16558, Lomas de la Amistad neighborhood.
 
So far no people detained for the events are reported.
 
In Baja California, on Saturday, April 4, there were 5 executions, two in Tijuana, two in Rosarito and one in Mexicali, bringing the number of intentional homicides to 666 victims in 2020."

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So, it's still pretty dicey guys. Take Care Everyone.




    
 
 

 
 

A Problema in Rosarito Beach With Social Distancing - Updates on Local Drug War Stats For TIJ & The COVID-19 Local & National Stats - 04/05: UPDATE Rosarito Beach - ALL Clear !!

I had read  that according to Google, the majority of Mexican people are not staying at home, despite fair warnings and the importance of social distancing.  The weekend prior to this article, we were impressed by the conditions in Rosarito Beach at the supermarkets, the pharmacias, the fish store, the gas station and the general social distancing we witnessed on the streets which were not crowded for a weekend. Most people were wearing masks in the stores and hand sanitizer was being made available in front of Smart & Final. Here is that report on Google:

 ~ From Zeta: 

Google delata que la mayoria de los Mexicanos no se estan quedando en casa, tras contingencia sanitaria
Por, Gerardo Andrade 

"Mexico is the country in Latin America that has least complied with the instruction to remain isolated due to the coronavirus pandemic, and this could be demonstrated by registering their cell phones.
 
The company Google released this Friday, April 3, a study where it collects the information from mobile devices that have the location chronology of their map application activated.
These same data are offered in a segmented way into six categories for each region or geographic area. In Latin America there are differences between the countries that have taken drastic isolation measures.
 
It is in this way that it is known that only 45% of Mexicans have stopped going to leisure places, of the aforementioned percentage 46% continue to attend recreational places, 19% to markets, 20% to their jobs.
 
In this way, it is shown that Mexicans have not yet taken the isolation measure with the seriousness it should, despite the recommendations of the Mexican authorities from the three levels of government.
In contrast, in Argentina a total quarantine began on March 20, the drop in the influx of people to cafes, restaurants, shopping malls was noted from the first day, reaching 86%, although it was already decreasing.
 
As a means of reference for habitual mobility, Google has used the movement that occurred in each of those areas, in the five weeks that ran from January 3 to February 6 of this year.
 
Also in Colombia, the brake on mobility has been very important, 86% of people have avoided attending leisure places, such as playgrounds.
 
In Brazil the decrease has been 71%, a similar figure was registered in Chile and in Peru the percentage of people's mobility fell to 55%.
 
Google offers for some countries data by provinces, which for example reflect a comparative decrease in mobility greater in large cities than in provinces without large crowds.
 
What is worrying is that in Mexico it is still in a stage where the pandemic due to COVID-19 does not hit with the expected severity.
 
Currently in Baja California there are already 58 confirmed cases of people infected with the coronavirus, with Mexicali being the city with the highest number of infections, 32 and then Tijuana with 26; as well as 4 deceased people."

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However, this weekend threw us for a loop.  Mike, wearing both a mask and gloves, walked in to Calimax on Benito Juarez which was crowded and the parking lot was full, took several looks around and exited.  There was no social distancing, no one was wearing masks or gloves except for the checkers. Same situation at the Walmart . Not hundreds of people on the streets, but groups were together and no masks were seen; the gas station was good as was the Simi pharmacia, and importantly Smart & Final got the gold star, including the shoppers inside.  You actually felt safe inside, even though the prices are high.  Smart & Final also had hand sanitizer and toilet paper. Up in the States, they are limiting the number of people who can go into the stores (i.e. Vons & Walmart & Smart & Final) but so far there are no limits down here. So, I don't know what happened at Calimax,but it was scary. Mike will check it out again today. 


The lines going up every morning very early at SYPOE are backed up, so many people commuting still.  Police and National Guard on the streets in Tijuana and even below Ensenada in places like Camalu, Colonet and San Quintin directing people to go back to their homes.  We'll see what happens over Semana Santa.


The good news is that according to the authorities there are no cases of the Covid-19 in Rosarito Beach, so let's keep our fingers crossed.

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UPDATE/EDIT - 04/05/20:

Rosarito Beach situation  - This afternoon Mike went in again to RB and reports a 100% improvement in the conditions at Calimax on Benito Juarez.  In a complete turnaround from yesterday's  free-for-all, only one entrance door was opened, staff was limiting the number of people who could go into the store, staff was cleaning people's hands as they entered, and people were being kept apart inside of the store.  Still, only about a quarter of the shoppers wore face mask protection.
So, wow Calimax also gets a gold star.

This is important:  On Benito Juarez, there was a police unit flanked by two truckloads of Army/National guardsmen equipped with a loudspeaker driving slowly while announcing the safety precautions to take against the virus and advising people to stay home, impressive ! I'd have to disagree with google on RB, streets were not crowded at all, yesterday was a glitch - I think people are getting the word.  Good Job !!! Maybe one of you out there can bring us up to date on what's happening over in Constitucion, Popotla, etc ? That would be nice, thanks.

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The Local Virus Stats:


 ~ From Zeta - 04/04/20


En BC se eleva a 5 muertes por COVID-19; Ensenada registra el primer caso confirmado
Por, Lourdes Loza Romero & Lorena Lamas



"A man, 49 years old, was the fifth fatal victim from COVID-19 that is registered in Baja California, reported the morning of April 4, Dr. Alonso Pérez Rico, head of the State Health Secretariat.
 
Currently in Baja California 69 cases have been confirmed, presenting for the first time a case in the municipality of Ensenada. The rest of the breakdown are 32 in Tijuana and 36 in Mexicali. Of the deaths, 3 were in Tijuana and 2 in Mexicali, Pérez Rico noted that the 49-year-old patient is the youngest person to have died in the state due to this new disease, the rest remain in the age group of 50 and 65 years old.
 
Under analysis of 202 cases are found as suspects, 103 in Tijuana, 62 in Mexicali, 29 in Ensenada, 5 in Tecate and 3 in San Quintín.

First confirmed case in Ensenada
 
In Ensenada, the presence of the first case of infection with the COVID-19 virus was confirmed this Saturday, Pérez Rico reported during the live broadcast with Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez.
He announced that in total there are 29 suspected cases in Ensenada and 3 more in the San Quintín delegation.
 
Before the confirmation of the first positive case, the municipal president, Armando Ayala Robles, urged the population to continue applying the sanitary recommendations to jointly achieve the containment of the pandemic in the municipality.
 
The first mayor highlighted that since March 18 his administration launched actions aimed at the application of preventive measures and for the protection of groups with greater vulnerability, in said checkpoints they detected tourists entering the port.
 
Consequently, the first mayor invited those who arrive at the municipality from other parts of Baja California and the United States, to isolate themselves for a period of 14 days and if they show any symptoms of respiratory disease during that time, they should contact the telephone lines arranged by the Ministry of Health."

P.S. Am adding this - the one man found to be an active carrier was only found due to the police traffic filter at El Sauzal going into Ensenada manned by the police on the look out for people who are infected by Covid-19.  So, we are hoping the jefes are keeping their guys well protected and safe, they are putting their lives on the line. Thank you to the authorities and be careful !


Update/edit : 04/05/20

Seven are dead, and 93 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Baja California, a big jump in confirmed cases:

 ~ From Zeta: 04/05/20

Suman 7 defunciones y 93 casos confirmados de COVID-19 en BC 
Por, Angela Torres Lozano

"Baja California has already registered 7 deaths, 4 in Tijuana and 3 in Mexicali, and 93 cases of people infected with COVID-19, for which reason social distancing continues.
 

Alonso Pérez Rico, Secretary of Health in the State, reported through a live transmission that 651 cases have been studied, of which 380 have been discarded.

Of the 178 suspected cases, Tijuana has 88, Mexicali 57, Ensenada 27, Tecate 5, Vicente Guerrero / San Quintín 1, and Rosarito 0.

 

As for deaths, the 7 people are men, and the average age is 57.8 years. The first 2 deaths occurred on March 29, 2 more on March 31, one on April 2, and two more on April 4.

 

Of the confirmed cases, 15 have obesity, 15 hypertension, 19 smoking, 10 diabetes, 5 asthma, 3 HIV / AIDS, 2 cardiovascular disease, 2 immunosuppression, 1 chronic kidney failure and 1 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

 

Pérez Rico noted that only 10 percent of confirmed cases are hospitalized, and that so far they still have beds and respirators available for those who require it, but asked to keep their distance so as not to saturate health services.

 

He added that it is in Mexicali where there has been greater resistance to keeping their distance, since they continue to hold meetings and conglomerate, so he asked to heed the recommendations and avoid infecting third parties."

 

 

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The National Stats:

 ~ From Zeta: 04/04/20 

Ya van 79 muertos por Covid-19 en Mexico 



"Until the afternoon of this Saturday, April 4, in Mexico there have been 79 deaths from coronavirus, reported the Ministry of Health.
 
Sanitary authorities confirmed 1,890 cases, they said they are investigating 5,827 as suspects, while 9,467 have been ruled out.
 
In total, 17 thousand 184 people have been studied.
 
Three quarters of the cases have been registered in the last 14 days. The average age of sick people is 43 years. In 78 percent of cases the disease is mild.
 
Mexico has one of the highest prevalences of diabetes and three quarters of the population are overweight and obese, which puts the population at risk, said Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion.


He specified that it can not yet be assured that Mexico has made little progress in cases due to the health measures implemented since March 13 throughout the country.
 
The entities that register the most cases of COVID-19 are Mexico City, with 469; the State of Mexico, 180; Puebla, where there were 125, and Jalisco, with 120.
 
While the demarations with the highest incidence rate of contagions are Mexico City, where 5.2 cases are located for every 100,000 people; follow Quintana Roo with a rate of 4.35, in Aguascalientes the rate is 3.42; Tabasco and Yucatan follow, with 3.36 and 3.23.
 

The states with the most deaths are Mexico City, with 17; Sinaloa, where 10 people died; Jalisco, with six, while in Baja Califoirnia there have been five deaths from the virus.

The official recalled that in Mexico the population is exposed to getting COVID-19 because it has one of the highest prevalences of diabetes, while three quarters are overweight and obese. "That will weigh," he added.
 
He specified that it can not yet be assured that Mexico has made little progress in cases due to the health measures implemented since March 13 throughout the country.
 
Gatell-López reminded citizens that people with signs of COVID-19 who are not within the population with more risk factors should stay home to avoid saturating the medical centers.
 
GOVERNMENT CALLS DOCTORS
 
Alejandro Svarch Pérez, head of the Insabi National Medical Coordination, recalled that the call "Mexico against COVID-19", which seeks the recruitment of medical personnel, began today and aims to respond to the deficit of doctors in the country.
 
Zoé Robledo Aburto, Director General of the IMSS, specified that the staff contracts will last six months, which implies that the institutions will provide social insurance for the new workers, as well as their family, who will also have liability insurance.

"(The new staff) will be dedicated body and soul to attending to cases," he said, explaining that the training will be sectoral.

In addition, in the case of unionized workers of the IMSS, they will be given a union aid for death
Robledo Aburto and Svarch Pérez detailed that the contracted people will receive a month's payment in advance plus the per diem payment, considering that some doctors would come from other states;  

It will also be sought that the National Examination of Aspirants to Medical Residences recognize the commitment to the country they have, giving them an additional score.
 
Alejandro Svarch explained that the health authorities hope to hire 6,600 doctors and 12,300 nurses. Tomorrow will begin the process of review of applications, on April 6 will start the recruitment and it is expected that between April 7 and 9 to 20-30 percent of our deficit of doctors in the country will be hired, he said.
 
Between April 10 and 13 they will have 40 and 50 percent of the hiring, from 1 to 17 they will be from 70 to 75 percent, while from April 18 to 20 they will be 90 to 100 percent, he added.
The official recalled that the hospitals are already working on a "waterfall model", where specialized doctors train general practitioners, this to be prepared in case of not being able to hire all the necessary personnel through the call."

~~~~~

Drug War Continues:

 19 executed this month so far in Tijuana, the YTD TIJ = 494 dead and YTD Statewide = 621 dead. I'll be back with Ensenada stats which are high, and a shootout between vehicles down the road on the Scenic Highway by BajaMar raised some eyebrows.


From Zeta : 04/04/20

Reportan Tijuana 5 homicidios, van 19 en abril 

"The State Security and Investigation Guard (GESI) reported that in the last few hours there have been five homicides in different parts of Tijuana. The number of murders so far in April has reached 19, and in the year at 494.
 
In the parking lot of Plaza Misión Soler, located in the El Soler subdivision, a man, between 35 and 40 years old, was shot to death in the torso. Five shells and a bullet were found at the scene.
 
Derived from an armed attack, one man died and another was wounded in events that occurred on Margarita Avenue and San Carlos Street in the Jardines de la Mesa neighborhood. The victims were identified as 29-year-old Felipe de Jesús Galaviz Ávila, who was declared lifeless at the site, after the impacts he received on the abdomen, while Salvador Delgadillo García, 32, was transferred to a hospital for attention. At the crime scene, 9 bushings and two vehicles with holes were counted.

A man who answered the name of Jesús Alfredo Ponce Jáuregui, 33, perished in the IMSS Hospital Number 20. The deceased entered the hospital a day earlier with gunshot wounds to the head, after being attacked in the Cumbres neighborhood.
 
On Cruz del Sur street, on the corner of Andrómeda, in the Sánchez Taboada neighborhood, a young man between 20 and 25 years old was attacked with two shots to the abdomen, and died instantly.
 
Finally, in the early morning hours of this Saturday, April 4, in a white Ford E-150 vehicle with California 8P44807 license plates on Purísima Street, in front of number 20567, Buenos Aires Sur neighborhood, a young man of 20 was found dead. to approximately 25 years. The victim was tied at the lower extremities with a white coated cable. A 9mm caliber shell and a bullet were found at the site.
 
With these crimes, the statewide homicide figure has reached 621 so far in 2020."

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Update/edit : 04/05/20

 The numbers increase:  TIJ YTD - 496 Homicides/Executions; Statewide YTD  - 666 Homicides/Executions:

Reportan dos muertos en Tijuana  

"Two executions on Saturday, April 4, were reported by the State Security and Investigation Guard (GESI) in Tijuana. The number of violent deaths reached 496 victims in 2020.
 
Late Saturday night, the emergency center was informed that in the Garden and Albacete streets of the Villas del Sol subdivision, the body of a male between 50 and 55 years old was found. The deceased had a head injury caused by a firearm projectile. A 7.72 × 39 caliber shell was found in the area
 
Later, inside a black Nissan Sentra vehicle with A37-NUF-8 border plates, the lifeless body of a man was found in the driver's seat. The victim, aged between 40 and 45, had a gunshot wound to the chest. Agents of the Processing group of the State Investigation Agency report that the events occurred in Ignacio Allende street in front of # 16558, Lomas de la Amistad neighborhood.
 
So far no people detained for the events are reported.
 
In Baja California, on Saturday, April 4, there were 5 executions, two in Tijuana, two in Rosarito and one in Mexicali, bringing the number of intentional homicides to 666 victims in 2020."

end edit. 

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So, it's still pretty dicey guys. Take Care Everyone.