Mexico’s Nayarit Says Hospitals Full, at Odds With Data

  • Nayarit governor says state will have to improvise tarp camps
  • Federal data show only 24% of state’s ventilators are in use
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Mexico’s coastal state of Nayarit said its hospitals are full and funeral services are reaching capacity, sounding an alarm that puts it at odds with the federal government.

Nayarit will soon have to improvise plastic tarp camps to tend to the “thousands of people” who will get sick if people continue ignoring guidelines on the use of masks and social distancing, Governor Antonio Echevarria said in a message Saturday.