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[Artisttyp]

Tijuana coronavirus death rate soars after hospital outbreaks.

ReutersMay 8, 2020,2:07 PM PDT.

FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil.

FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil.

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexico's best-known border city, Tijuana, has soared and the COVID-19 mortality rate is twice the national average, the health ministry says, after medical staff quickly fell ill as the outbreak rampaged through hospital wards.

A floor at one of the city's main public hospitals has been left empty because so many workers are sick there are not enough left to care for patients, the hospital director said, despite people with COVID-19 symptoms lining up outside to get in for treatment.

More than 21% of patients who have tested positive for coronavirus in the city do not survive, health ministry data showed as of Thursday. In the rest of Mexico, the figure was just under 10%.

While Tijuana's figure might be due partly to an unduly high proportion of very sick patients being tested for coronavirus, Alberto Reyes Escamilla, director of Tijuana General Hospital, said he thought it was directly linked to the hospital's personnel shortage.

"It has a lot to do with the fact that we don't have staff," he said, adding that about 500 of his 1,200 person pre-pandemic staff are either off sick or furloughed because of vulnerability to the illness.

"We have a floor that could hold 30 more patients, but we can't use it because I don't have the personnel," said Reyes, who heads one of three public hospitals treating coronavirus.

The two other public hospitals in Tijuana that are treating coronavirus patients also had a large number of staff out sick but the agency running those clinics denied that the high death rate was due to staff shortages.

Tijuana is the municipality with the most deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Mexico, 243 so far, according to state and federal health department data.

That is more than across the USA Border in San Diego, California, which has a similar population but four times as many confirmed cases.

Outside Tijuana's three coronavirus hospitals, patients line up for hours to enter, mingling with crowds of family members who wait for days for news about loved ones, according to nurses and a Reuters witness.

Another doctor at Tijuana General, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to media, said the staffing shortage, especially of nurses, was forcing medics to concentrate on treating the most serious cases, risking allowing other COVID-19 patients' conditions to worsen in the meantime. However, some officials blamed the nature of the virus itself.

The Baja California state health department, which operates the hospital, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. In April, state health secretary Alonso Oscar Perez acknowledged in public comments that staffing shortages had prevented the hospital from opening more beds.

The two other coronavirus hospitals in the city are operated by the federal government's Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).

IMSS Baja California planning coordinator Clemente Martinez told Reuters nearly 14% of doctors at each of the IMSS hospitals in Tijuana had been sent home with coronavirus-related symptoms since the pandemic began, and that other high-risk doctors had been furloughed proactively.

He described the IMSS hospitals as having "a large number of workers who have been infected by the virus" but said Tijuana's high number of deaths was not caused by a staff shortage. "Does it mean that the disease's mortality or lethality increases? No. The disease's lethality is clear," he said.

Last month, Baja California governor Jaime Bonilla said doctors, many of whom work in both the state and federal system, were "dropping like flies" in Tijuana.

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A medical assistant who works in IMSS Hospital 1 -- one of Tijuana's coronavirus hospitals. Described a grim scene.

"The corpses no longer fit in the morgue; they're putting the bodies in the hallway and covering them with black tarps," said medical assistant Ramona Vega.

Martinez acknowledged that the morgue, which is built to hold four corpses, did not always have space now.

"In any given moment, the number of deaths from this epidemic is far higher," he said.

Mexico's national coronavirus mortality rate is already well above the global average, a result largely attributed to the country having the lowest testing rate in the OECD group of developed nations, and a high incidence of obesity-related diseases.

Alan Rafael Muro, an emergency room doctor who also works with the Mexican Red Cross in Tijuana, said deaths in the city were even higher than registered because some fatal victims with respiratory distress or other coronavirus-related symptoms were not reaching hospital.

"We're not even counting people who die in their homes," he said. Reuters witnessed Muro and fellow paramedics respond to multiple 911 calls within a 24-hour period where people they suspected of having COVID-19 were dead when help arrived.

"It's two pm And we've already had 10 dead-on-arrival," he said.

Deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell, who has spearheaded Mexico's response to the outbreak, told Reuters this week that the country's coronavirus death toll is higher than the official count which now stands at around 2,900.

IMSS official Martinez said Tijuana was hard-hit by coronavirus earlier than the rest of Mexico because of proximity to the United States, but that mortality figures nationally would likely rise as the virus spreads throughout the interior.

"Statistically that's what we expect, although I firmly hope it's not what happens, despite the statistics saying otherwise," Martinez said.

(Additional reporting by Abraham Gonzalez; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Alistair Bell).

[Sound7]

Positive movement by CBP in your case.

Gave in to urge to visit Tijuana. Last visit maybe 2 years ago but frequent Nogales often. Crossed on foot Monday early afternoon and Tues morning. No issue either direction. Escort at mansion Monday afternoon and walked zone late afternoon before exit. Plenty of options. Did street girl late Tues. Morning. Many options, most quotes 200 pesos. Sentry return, purchased meds, never an issue.

[Sound7]

CBP is in charge. Stay at Home Order. It was clear to me. Stay at Home under Phase 1.

We are in Stay at Home Order Phase II as of today. CBP response to Phase II? It should be less restrictive?

I'm a US citizen with a valid passport. That's all they should need to know. I have the right to leave the country and return as often as I please, even during a pandemic, and these asholes should not be permitted to run their mouth off and warn me not to visit Mexico or even Pakistan.

[Artisttyp]

Mexico experiences most lethal coronavirus day yet with 257 deaths.

ReutersMay 7, 2020,5:21 PM PDT.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Thursday reported 1,982 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 257 additional fatalities, the most lethal day since the pandemic reached the Latin America's second largest country.

The new figures bring the total number of confirmed cases to 29,616 and 2,961 deaths. However, the government has said the real number of infections is significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

Mexican officials are asking residents to observe social distancing measures ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday and have closed Mexico City's main flower market and cemeteries, where people tend to congregate for the holiday.

They have even suggested moving the holiday to July.

Considered one of Mexico's most important holidays, Mother's Day coincides this year with what health officials calculate is the peak week for the spread of the novel coronavirus.

(Reporting by Stefanie Eschenbacher; editing by Grant McCool).

[BodyAnybody]

Declared the Meds. Wanted to know for what. Trainer CBP question. Responded. Trainee CBP questioned the travel to Mexico for Rxs. Responded. Cost savings. Trainee shock her head and waived me off. Not a fan of CBP questions. It is what it is.

I'm a US citizen with a valid passport. That's all they should need to know. I have the right to leave the country and return as often as I please, even during a pandemic, and these asholes should not be permitted to run their mouth off and warn me not to visit Mexico or even Pakistan.

[Luis2]

Gave in to urge to visit Tijuana. Last visit maybe 2 years ago but frequent Nogales often. Crossed on foot Monday early afternoon and Tues morning. No issue either direction. Escort at mansion Monday afternoon and walked zone late afternoon before exit. Plenty of options. Did street girl late Tues. Morning. Many options, most quotes 200 pesos. Sentry return, purchased meds, never an issue.

[Sound7]

Declared the Meds. Wanted to know for what. Trainer CBP question. Responded. Trainee CBP questioned the travel to Mexico for Rxs. Responded. Cost savings. Trainee shock her head and waived me off. Not a fan of CBP questions. It is what it is.

Going into Mexico, no questions only a quick scan for my temperature. Coming back, I crossed at Otay on foot into the USA Yesterday at 1230 p. I was the only one in line. CBP busted my balls about what I was doing in Mexico but my answer of a dental appointment seemed to satisfy him. He asked why I would come from Ventura County to Mexico for dental work. I told him I was saving $2600 and then he waved me through.

[Sound7]

Seen it once this diversion flow thru CBP Surveillance Program. It appears they are able to video record this crossing. A notice is posted.

They do it randomly in SY. Sometimes you can see the booth open from near the trolley stop. Just in case you are bringing something you shouldn't.

I've been put up against a wall and searched Zona Norte style by CBP at these checkpoints. No different than trying to cross back INTO the USA.

Legalities have to do being within 100 miles of a border area I believe.

[Fmojo]

I'm curious if you entered by foot or car. And did the Mrxican officals have any questions when you entered Mexico?

Going into Mexico, no questions only a quick scan for my temperature. Coming back, I crossed at Otay on foot into the USA Yesterday at 1230 p. I was the only one in line. CBP busted my balls about what I was doing in Mexico but my answer of a dental appointment seemed to satisfy him. He asked why I would come from Ventura County to Mexico for dental work. I told him I was saving $2600 and then he waved me through.

[BigButtDetecto]

I'm curious if you entered by foot or car. And did the Mrxican officals have any questions when you entered Mexico?

I crossed by foot. Mexican did not ask anything. Cbp does upon exit to Mexico.

[Artisttyp]

I saw they have built booths for that at San Ysidro, not at Otay though but I've never seen anyone in the booths. Maybe only on the weekends or were you walking?

They do it randomly in SY. Sometimes you can see the booth open from near the trolley stop. Just in case you are bringing something you shouldn't.

I've been put up against a wall and searched Zona Norte style by CBP at these checkpoints. No different than trying to cross back INTO the USA.

Legalities have to do being within 100 miles of a border area I believe.

[ScatManDoo]

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[Thunder52]

From The San Diego Tribune today, May 5, 2020:

By Gustavo Solis, Paul Sisson.

May 4, 20207:27 PM.

"Data indicates that the first two weeks of May will have the largest spike of viral transmissions and fatalities (in Baja, California)," reads a presentation from San Diego County health officials.

In Tijuana, there have been 737 confirmed cases and 123 fatalities. That's a death rate of 17 percent. San Diego County has a 4 percent rate with 3,927 confirmed cases and 139 deaths.

Experts at UCLA who study Mexico's health care system have described the situation in Tijuana "like a time bomb. ".

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...campaign=23900+Essential+San+Diego&utm_term=https%3 a%2 f%2 f www.sandiegouniontribune.com%2 fcommunities%2 fsouth-county%2 fstory%2 f2020-05-04%2 fexperts-predict-the-largest-spike-of-covid-19-cases-deaths-in-baja-over-next-two-weeks&utm_id=6104&sfmc_id=1712301.

[Dickus Maximus]

Has anyone visited Tijuana during the month of May? What's the border crossing like? What hotel did you stay at? What are the escorts agencies that are still operating?

Link to post. Didn't stay at any hotels and didn't check on any agencies.

http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/...=1#post2447687

[Dickus Maximus]

I went to Tijuana from San Diego twice this week end.

Now the CBP is checking you before you cross to mexico. That's new. They just ask where you go to for now. That may change.

I kept phone numbers from HK and Adelita's and called some. 2 were available and I met them at hotel Leyva which is open ($ 25 for 24 h).

I did not venture out much as I wanted to stay away from crowds and the virus. But many women are working outside although there are mostly not very good looking.

I saw they have built booths for that at San Ysidro, not at Otay though but I've never seen anyone in the booths. Maybe only on the weekends or were you walking?