Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday urged capitalist residents in the densely-populated capital Mexico City to stay home and curb their end-of-year festivities, amid a rise in cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“If we don’t have anything really important to do, let’s not go out into the streets,” Lopez Obrador said during his regular morning press conference.
The president said he preferred to make a “respectful” request, rather than impose coercive measures with curfews, that residents avoid parties and instead communicate with friends and loved ones by phone or video calls.
In light of the rise in COVID-19 cases, Lopez Obrador also said his administration will seek to make more hospitable beds available, especially in Mexico City.
Mexico has registered 1,144,643 cases of COVID-19 infection and 108,173 deaths from the disease.
