President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledges to begin reopening Mexico's economy next week, even as the country saw its largest one-day jump in coronavirus cases, hospitals are reeling, and testing remains inadequate.
Women hang clothes out to dry on a terrace in Mexico City, Saturday, May 9, 2020. The Associated Press
Mexico has been under pressure from U.S. officials to reopen auto assembly plants, in particular, because without them, integrated supply chains would make it hard for plants in the U.S. and Canada to reopen. At home, the National Alliance of Small Business Owners has also complained about lockdown measures, often imposed, quasi-legally, at the local level.
That will make it hard to judge whether the reopening will risk an upsurge in cases — and to see one coming if it does. Marquez, the economy secretary, said that schools and businesses would be allowed to reopen in 269 townships that have no confirmed cases — or in about one-tenth of Mexico’s townships. They are largely in rural areas in north-central and southeastern Mexico.
The auto and other manufacturing plants that the U.S. wants reopened — and that the Mexican government is pushing to restart — often depend on parts made at factories along the border known as maquiladoras. Ciudad Juarez is home to hundreds such plants. For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness and can lead to death.
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