Mexico seeks to build ventilators as cases rise to at least one 1,890
Mexico's president said Saturday that his government hopes to build ventilators domestically, as coronavirus cases rose to at least one 1,890 and officials reported 79 deaths up to now in the pandemic.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico also is wanting to buy up to 5,000 ventilators abroad. But, he added, "we are testing prototypes to manufacture ventilators in our country, and do it soon."
Mexico also faces a shortage of specialized doctors, and has truly gone on a recruitment campaign to teach and get more qualified people working.
But López Obrador said he'd stay away from government budget deficits in dealing with the spread of the coronavirus and in coping with the monetary damage from the pandemic.
