Quarter of Mexico s population have been exposed to COVID-19 - official Reuters 16/12/2020 © Reuters/GUSTAVO GRAF MALDONADO Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A quarter of Mexico s population, or 31 million people, has been exposed to COVID-19, according to preliminary results of an official survey, with 70% never showing symptoms. The figures show a great speed of spread, said Juan Rivera, general director of the National Institute of Public Health, at a regular news conference late on Tuesday.
The survey, which used blood tests to detect antibodies, involved 9,400 households and was carried out between August and November, Riviera added.
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Amref Health Africa has launched the COVID-19 Response Governance Mapping Initiative, a study on the sustainability and effectiveness of COVID-19 response efforts implemented in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Senegal, and Malawi.
The initiative is a joint project between researchers based at AMREF International University (Kenya). The University of Edinburgh (Scotland), the Somali Institute of Development Research and Analysis, the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), the University of Kinshasa (the Democratic Republic of the Congo), the National Institute of Public Health in Burundi, the University of Sydney (Australia), and UC Louvain (Belgium).
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the challenges in health systems and demonstrated the importance of strong and effective governance in response efforts. As such, the study examined the pandemic response governance under three levels of information: political and legal order, key actors involved, and t