Under pressure, Mexico begins to allow the use of COVID-19 rapid tests

Last week, Mexico's government stopped the shipment of 20,000 COVID-19 rapid tests ordered by the State of Jalisco, explaining the tests were not approved or reliable.

With a week of increased cases of COVID-19 and deaths in Mexico, the federal government has changed its position on the use of rapid testing in the country. At the time, The Governor of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, accused the federal government of purposely trying to hide the spread of the . . .