Mexico asks residents to stay home for a month to slow coronavirus as cases rise

Mexico’s Deputy Health Minister, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, on Saturday, asked all residents in Mexico to stay at home for a month, saying it was the only way to reduce the transmission rate of the coronavirus.

Mexican health authorities said there was a total of 848 confirmed cases in Mexico as of Saturday, 131 more than the previous day, and 16 deaths.

At a press conference, the expert noted that there are 2,623 suspected cases of contagion and that 4,341 cases have been ruled out so far.

In detail, 57 percent . . .