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News media in Chetumal are reporting that the health system there is on the brink of collapse due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Chetumal has surpassed Cancun with the number of positive COVID-19 cases and only thirty-five beds are available for seriously ill patients. Health officials in Chetumal, according to news articles, say that at the current rate of increase in infections, in less than two weeks there will no longer be enough places to receive coronavirus patients. The economy in Chetumal has also taken a hard hit. Businesses there have closed down and those which have remained open are struggling to survive. The majority of those businesses heavily rely on Belizean consumers. Every year, more than five hundred thousand crossings from Belize into Chetumal are recorded and since the borders remain close, businesses have lost more than three hundred million pesos that would have been spent by Belizeans. Head of International Cooperation Affairs at the Mexican Embassy María Garrido says the businesses in Chetumal miss Belizeans.

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