Mexico City to stay at highest coronavirus alert next week

People wait in a queue to fill oxygen tanks for relatives infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a free rechargeable oxygen stand provided by the government in Mexico City, Mexico January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that the capital would remain at the highest coronavirus alert level for the time being as authorities seek to contain the spread of the pandemic, which has stretched local hospitals.

Speaking at the same news conference as Sheinbaum, Mexico City official Eduardo Clark said the current restrictions would be applied for at least another week.

Medical workers line up before receiving an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Regional Military Specialty Hospital as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in San Nicolas de los Garza, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

(Reporting by Dave Graham and Raul Cortes)