but there is no hiding covid's price here the crematoriums in mexico city never stop now. we watched as bodies were brought in and disinfected.

mexico city. john homa is also in mexico city joins us now live john let's talk about brazil now has the 3rd highest number of cases in the world is that presumably what is driving the world health organization to say that south america is now the efi center of this virus. definitely brazil is the epicenter of the center it's got a lot more cases than elsewhere in the region the americas in general has almost half of the cases worldwide at the moment and president bull sonando in brazil is sort of seems like his floundering slightly at the moment is at loggerheads with some of his state governments especially those of rio de janeiro and sao paolo brazil's 2 major cities and that's because he's attitude towards coronaviruses well 70 percent of us are going to get it that's what he said so we might as well just get on with this whereas the state government governments are trying to say look if we don't want our whole spittle system to be overwhelmed when it's in trouble right now in brazil then we d

up in mexico city. russia has reported 150 new virus related deaths a new record high for one single day the death toll is just over 3200 numbers being questioned by analysts but moscow insists it's not under reporting russia has recorded the 2nd highest number of infections in the world with nearly 330000 cases the government says that's down to an extensive testing program and that the outbreak is beginning to stabilise. spain further easing restrictions as it moves towards reopening the entire country by leaps june as of monday bars and restaurants in the capital madrid will be able to use their terraces with a maximum of 10 customers hairdressing salem's opened their doors earlier this week madrid has been locked down longer than the rest of the country due to a high number of cases in the local area. in indonesia some muslims who are preparing for the eat holiday are ignoring restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus market traders are disappearing police orders and they are riski

not really an option. >> well, the way this has ravaged cities, i think we're all thinking about mexico cityit's a little bit of white knuckles. you hope it doesn't end up in the situation we saw in new york city. richard engel on the ground for us in mexico city. you'll see more of richard's reporting on "nightly news" for some you have in about a half hour. that's all we have tonight. we'll be back tomorrow with more "meet the press daily." "the beat" with ari melber begins right after this short break. right after this short break. [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ if you have a garden you know, weeds are low down little scoundrels. with roundup sure shot wand you don't need to stoop to their level. draw the line. the sure shot wand extends with a protective shield to pinpoint those pesky bedfellows. it lets you kill what's bad right down to the root, while comfortably guarding the good. draw the line with the roundup sure shot wand. roundup brand. trusted for over 40 years. that's unnecessarily complicated. make ice. making ice. but you're not

but there is no hiding covid's price here the crematoriums in mexico city never stop now. we watched as bodies were brought in and disinfected. no families, no good-byes. just one body bag after another. the coffins are piling up fast here workers at this crematorium say they're receiving four times as many bodies as before the pandemic benjamin has worked here for 20 years. "i've never seen anything like this," he said, "not even during earthquakes." mexican health officials tell us pockets of this community still haven't reached their covid peak richard engel, nbc news, mexico city. >>> in hard-hit italy, the faithful returned to st. peter's square today 789 for the first time in three months worshipers prayed in person outside the pope's window as he gave his blessing. church services started back up in our country as well, many congregations coming together with or without permission blayne alexander reports. >> reporter: across the country, houses of worship are welcoming the faithful for the first time in weeks, despite some areas still under lockdown at solid rock b

up in mexico city. argentina has extended fridays deadline to have more talks with international creditors to try to avoid another devastating dest day falls another 10 days of being given to restructure $65000000000.00 of foreign debt but 500000000 dollars an unpaid interest remains due by the end of the day in america's 3rd largest economy is facing a 9th default following years of recession spiraling inflation now coronavirus. qatar has confirmed almost another 900 new cases of corona virus in the past 24 hours and 2 more people have died the gulf state has recorded more than 40000 cases overall and 19 deaths most businesses remain closed and the government has introduced a tracing app that's compulsory for citizens and residents to install on their smartphones. protests have broken out in the indian capital over the suspension of . labor goals the changes to working hours wages and health and safety standards are a big kick starting the economy after 2 months of covert 19 lockdown but unions say tha

mexico city. the medical staff of this hospital in the mexican capital are the latest health sector workers to protest a lack of personal protective equipment they say they are afraid of contracting coded 19. we're protesting because we are not a culprit designated hospital yet where except in covert patients and so far 45 of my colleagues have been infected. protests like these with doctors and nurses demanding medical supplies. been taking place in mexico since early march in some cases medical staff have had to find and purchase their own protective equipment i will check whether. the country has a lot of protective equipment like boots caps and goggles but no piece of equipment is asked important as a high fissions the mask known as the n 95 these are only short supply all over the world but in mexico in particular in many places have never even had this mess. as coronavirus contagion in mexico nears its predicted peak so does the expected capacity of the nation's health centers. this emergenc

some parts of mexico city never closed.ter: the digging fresh graves in the cemetery in mexico city. in.ide, the line to get with danger of infection, ramon continues to sell flowers. >> we are living day-to-day. we have nothing saved. if i stop working, what will my family eat? reporter: this is the most populous district and the hardest hit. despite that, commerce has not stopped. mexican quarantine is a soft variety with people encouraged rather than forced to stay home and authorities often turning a eyechi -- turning a blind to those breaking rules. last out anymore. reporter: the country just had the highest daily number of cases. the mexicot stopped city government announcing plans to reopen the capital. districts like this never shut down in the first place. look at the amount of people and cars out on the streets. not every business is open. those who can afford to close have done so. but it is clear in the working-class areas of the city, a lot of people are out and about. kept those -- this man driving his bus. h

today i went to mexico city's market, the covid epicenter. guards check temperature. many people inside are wearing masks, but with a half a million people buying and selling here every day social distancing is impossible this market has never shut, and people told me it can't. it's the city's heart, soul, stomach and wallet lorenzo works here seven days a week to feed his wife and three children i asked him if he's worried about the virus. yes, but fear is better than hunger, he said but for thousands the forced gamble with the virus does not end well officially around 1,300 people have died from covid in mexico city but critics say the real number could be three times that. and in brazil the undercounting may be even higher. nbc's bill neely is there. >> reporter: coronavirus is spreading faster here than anywhere on earth, but health officials believe the true number of infections could be worse, perhaps 15 times worse than the official figures >> reporter: back in mexico the president says reopening guidelines are recommendations regions ultimately decide it's an

the digging fresh graves in the symmetry of it's to pull up a district in mexico city. outside the hearses a queuing to get in with the danger of infection all around ramon continues to sell his flowers i was told you know look at the one of the look at the guy we're living day to day we have nothing saved and if i stop working what will i eat when my family. is to pull up as mexico's most populous districts in the hardest hit by cove it despite that life and commerce hasn't stopped. the mets can quarantines definitely bit of the softer i-t. with people encouraged rather than forced to stay home and authorities often turning a blind eye towards those breaking the rules you're not going to miss but rick you have with us that remember that point we're not allowed to open until the start of june but the truth is we can't last out any more. the country's just had its highest daily number of cases. that hasn't stopped mexico city's government announcing plans to reopen the capital but districts like this one never really shutdown in the 1st place just look at the amount of p

finding it increasingly difficult to find hospitals that are still accepting patients as hospitals in mexico city continue to fill up people are turning to a mobile phone application watched by the city government that indicates which hospitals have reached capacity as of this week all but 5 of the region's medical centers appeared either completely full or nearing capacity. paramedics say calls related to covert 900 are still on the rise making the workload constant they're also worried in oversaturation of hospitals could lead to patients dying while waiting in the back of ambulances. mexico city. coming up on the news hour with this she was 31 people tested for a 1000000. things war torn countries like yemen jeopardize the global fight to contain covert 19. and donald trump declares places of worship essential service should saying the u.s. needs more prayer not less. but 1st a surge of corona virus infections in dhaka stunt has prompted the russian government to build field hospitals there because this region of southern russia has become one of the hardest hit in the country there been repor

mexico city's mayor denies that but admits the numbers are likely higher than the statistics governmentbarely testing and allowing people to work. for the poor, not working could mean dying anyway. there's no hiding covid's price here crematoriums in mexico city never stop now we watched bodies brought in, disinfected. no families or goodbyes, one body bag after another coffins are piling up fast workers at this crematorium s a pandemic benjamin has worked here 20 years. never seen anything like this, he said, not even during earthquakes. and mexican health officials tell us pockets of the country haven't reached their peak nbc news >>> holiday weekend is critical time for beach communities counting on dollars from tourists but with virus fears and regulation, americans are keeping away from resort areas. >> and businesses are wondering if they can survive the summer kathy park is on the shore >> reporter: good morning. from memorial day to labor day, beach communities rely heavily on tourism this year the coronavirus has kept stores closed and visitors way, some store owners will take

as hospitals in mexico city continue to fill up, people are turning to a mobile phone application launchedy the city government that indicate which is hospitals have reached capapacity. as of this week, all but five they have region's medical creners appeared either completely full or nearing capacity. paramedics say calls related to covid-19 are still on the rise, making the work load constant. they are also worried an oversaturation of hospitals could lead to patients dying while waiting in the back of mbulances. >> coming up on the newshour, with as few as 31 people tested per million, war-torn countries like yemen jeopardize the global fight against covid-19. donald trump declares places of worship essential saying the u.s. needs more prayer not less. ♪ >> but first a surge of coronavirus infections has promped the russian hospital to build field hospitals there. the caw ka us is region has -- of caucuses region is one the hardest hit in the country. 4,000 confirmed cases in t agastan, but experts say it's probably higher with more than 700 deaths recorded as from pneumonia a lack of t

a report from mexico city. >> the medical staff of this hospital in the mexican capital are the latest health sector workers to protest a lack of personal protective equipment. they say they are afraid of contracting covid-19. >> we are protesting because we are not a covid designated hospital. so far 45 of my colleagues have been infected. protests like these with doctors and nurses demanding medical supplies have been taking place in mexico since early march. in some cases, medical staff have had to find and purchase their own protective equipment. >> the country has a lot of protective equipment like boots, caps and goggles. in short supply around the world but in mexico in particular, many places have not had this mask. >> as coronavirus contagion in mexico nears its predicted peak, so does the expected capacity of the nation's health centers. this emergency room staff in cancun say donations have helped alleviate their demand for protective equipment. they fear the facility will soon be overwhelmed. >> we will definitely reach a moment where we surpass capacity. of patients is con

more information about the hunting habits of prehistoric communities in mexico archaeologists new mexico city have discovered remains of about 60 mammoths and other species reports. these big bones have laid here undiscovered the 10s of thousands of lilies it's a delicate operation to now uncover this story and shed light on mexico's ancient history and prehistoric hunting methods but only one of course but only each excavation teams extract a different remains we are talking about the creatures that inhabited some 10225000 years ago that corresponds to the place to see the park so these are animals of different species the majority of them are mammoth we have identified about 60 individuals in total the brains of found at an airport construction site near mexico city and close to what used to be an ancient lake archeologists believe the herd may have been killed by hunters after being trapped in the lakes mud. the prehistoric colombian mammoths moved in this region during the pleistocene epoch that lasted until about 12000 years ago while researches didn't find remains of the furrier willie

this is how majority insert he'll finish their shift racing down the highway on the outskirts of mexico city trying to find a hospital for their patient. is just the latest case in a hectic 2 months. don't you think that in 20 years of working as a paramedic i've never seen anything like this i thought the worst was the earthquake of 27000 this beats it. they work in this work with a packed mix crew city suburb the code that has hit hard. many couldn't afford to stay home during the government decree quarantine meant a lot of patients. and so he was battling through it was mourning his own loss just 3 weeks ago it came back to him when he recently transferred during patient. and i like he was elderly and it reminded me of my grandfather because he died of coven. i was looking at this man's last moments of life and i saw my granddad reflected there. now they were on their last case of the day jose luis a big chill delivery man only 39 years old and if he doesn't make me think that you know one might think that. the money. the end of the impulse and then it's time to go the paramedics hope the

shortly but 1st let's cross over to john holeman in mexico city taking a look at it from latin america of course what we know about the way these tankers obviously have moved from iran and they're heading towards venezuela and to a country that desperately needs fuel. exactly and iran actually desperately needs gold and that seems to be where the 2 countries have sort of met in the middle of this it's been reported since april the tons of venezuelan gold was leaving the country by plane and going towards iran so now the other way round that oil that venezuela desperately needs despite having the biggest oil reserves in the in the world quite a lot of mismanagement of the oil industry over the years and then sanctions after that from the u.s. has brought them to the point where they don't actually have any gasoline or they don't have as much gasoline as they need at the moment hence the need to bring it in from iran so that's where the 2 countries of sort of coincided in their mutual sort of needs the moment now we what we know about the time because they're heading out is that they're

up in mexico city. processed a broken out in the indian capital of the suspension of labor laws the changes to working hours wages and health and safety standards are aimed at kickstarting the economy after 2 months of the coronavirus covered 1000 locked up but the unions say it will leads to exploitation in india correspondent elizabeth. the process here 'd in the capital delhi that was called a protest against changes to labor laws broken up by police that is because there's actually a ban on more than 40 people gathering in the main from place to stop the spread of the current i was never there for people that are going to get to protest against those changes the number of days and it was 7 populous up there where they were more than 220000000 people live on the job monday after they have scrapped the most labor laws for the next 3. yes that is what the people here have gathered to protest against the other states have made other changes so it was my friends were doing working all the time and workin

thanks for that manual a pal of their life ross from mexico city. libya's internationally recognized government says it has retaken control of the are what makes the size being used as war for half that headquarters in western libya since 2014 earlier this month forces from tripoli and on 10 offensive to recapture the base soldiers loyal to have pulled out on monday after suffering major losses during heavy fighting in recent weeks. ahmed abdullah head is in tripoli and has more on the significance of the place. this is a strategic highly significant is being currently lost by house to his forces in the worst of the country as you know that have to his forces have been using this air bases to send over fighter jets to target the government forces look in many areas especially in southern tripoli it's very significant in the battle for the capital tripoli and as you know that forces it lost to russian made of defense system units panas to namely in that area as they were targeted by the government forces that joins now the takeover of. the government

most difficult moments of the pandemic let's get an update from john home and he's joining us from mexico city so how is the health system holding up john. it is holding up at the moment you just heard from lucy there about chile and we're not quite in that situation here in mexico yet the president came out today and said that still about 50 percent of beds are available for corona virus patients we've been doing our own checking in just with medical staff here across the capital and they've told us yes that there are still ventilators available that yes there are still beds available so it's not such freighted yet there is a problem with a lack of protective equipment for medical staff and there's also a problem with organization in terms of which hospitals are full of which aren't and patients been sent to the right to the right once they don't lose time and potentially even their lives on the way to hospitals what's really on the debate right now in mexico 2 things that are interlinked and the 1st of those is that even though as you said mexico at the moment this week it had the highest da

cities like south paolo really struggling to deal with this or as a gentleman there live for us in mexico city john thank you. at least 85 people have been killed after a plane crashed into a crowded neighborhood just short of the runway in the pakistani city of karachi 99 people were onboard the airbus a 320 flight from lahore at least 2 passengers survived it's not known how many people were killed or injured on the ground there harding has more. the crash happened as the pakistan international airlines flight was attempting to land for a 2nd time. and initial reports say the airbus pilot sent a mayday message reporting problems with both engines and made a go around. a few minutes later the airliner came down in a highly populated residential area near karate international airport the horse that actually got a funny story just the last words we heard from the pilots was that there were technical problems he was told in the final approach the both wrong ways are ready and you can learn that the pilot decided he wanted to go around for that reason while the technical problem was well good to

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they work in this world a packed mexico city suburb that code has hit hard. many couldn't afford to stay home during the government decree quarantine meant a lot of patients. and so he was battling through it mourning his own loss just 3 weeks ago it came back to him when he recently transferred a dying patient. he was elderly and it reminded me of my grandfather because he died of cova too and i was looking at this man's last moments of life and i saw my granddad reflected there. now they were on their last case of the day jose luis a big chill delivery man only 39 years old if he doesn't then. maybe he doesn't know much. as the money. and then it's time to go the paramedics hope this capsule will protect them. it's a tight fit. i want to me ambulance it gets very hot patients can get close to a full week too and this could be a long road. this road. was a. big one of. those. now it's time to see if the hospital would take calls luis. the answer. is yes. the majority insert whew it's a triumphant end to a hard shift. but for jose luis his family is just the

the brains of found at an airport construction site near mexico city and close to what used to be an ancient lake archaeologists believe the herds may have been killed by hunters after being trapped in the lakes mud. the prehistoric colombian mammoths moved in this region during the pleistocene epoch that lasted until about 12000 years ago while researches didn't find remains of the furrier willie mammoth lives further up north they did discover bones and other mammals in 15 human burial sites. the 1st discoveries we made were an october last year we constantly followed up on each one of them sent until now we have $128.00 discovery sites from megafauna for the 1st time 15000 year old pics used to trap you found in november not far from the latest discovery contradicting your belief that our early ancestors didn't hunt mammoths. the worst of them are more the way these moments of which bones of missing other tours even the traps themselves all of this reflects human behavior from those years we're talking about mexico. 1st settlers researches estimate that some of the remains dug up

bill neely, nbc news >>> i'm richard engel in mexico city where juarez hospital is near capacity. this doctor runs the covid icu. >> they are all men and all seem to be in their 40s or so. >> yes, about 40, 50 years. >> reporter: compared to other covid icus i visited, the patients here are much younger. doctors say what pushed them into a critical condition was covid combined with preexisting conditions like obesity, diabetes or smoking upstairs from the icu, the doctor took me to the recovery area, all women getting better she came in on saturday her husband is a carpenter. he recently risked taking one job to feed their kids he and his wife both got sick she will go home soon. i feel much better she told us. her husband is intubated down in the icu. doctors tell us mexico's poverty means covid won't go away quickly. do you think you'll see another wave >> yes, we're scared about the waves because people not doing the right quarantine. >> reporter: since so many people here have no choice but to work. richard engel, nbc news, mexico city. >>> in 60 seconds, the brave new world o

nbc news, mexico city. >> in 60 seconds the brave new world of shopping our exclusive inside look at how one of the biggest department stores is trying lure us back and keep us safe plus, the growing battle over wearing masks while shopping >>> back now with our nbc news exclusive inside macy's, nearly one-third of macy's stores have reopened across the u.s., but inside it's a lot different than customers are used to. nbc's blayne alexander reports now how one big retailer is trying to keep shoppers safe. >> reporter: one of america's oldest department stores forced to create a new way to shop. is this going to feel different for customers coming back? >> absolutely. >> reporter: we were given an exclusive look inside this macy's in atlanta, one of the first to reopen in addition to masks and social distancing measures, new prosaid daughters for dressing rooms. i can come in and try on a dress but it's not going back on the rack. >> that's right. we hold it off the floor. everything that goes into the fitting room we hold off the floor and segregate and put it out at a later date. >>

the digging 1st graves in the symmetry of it's to pull up a district in mexico city. outside the hearses a queuing to get in with the danger of infection all around ramon continues to sell his flowers i was told you know look at the one of the look at it that we're living day to day we have nothing saved and if i stop working what will i eat when my family. is to pull up his miscues most populous district in the hardest hit by covert despite that life and commerce hasn't stopped. mexican quarantines definitely been of the sulfur i-t. with people encouraged rather than forced to stay home and authorities often turning a blind eye towards those breaking the rules you're not going to miss but rick you have with us that remember that point we're not allowed to open until the start of june but the truth is we can't last out any more. the country's just had its highest daily number of cases. that hasn't stopped mexico city's government announcing plans to reopen the capital but districts like this one never really shutdown in the 1st place just look at the amount of people

well take a look at our team covering the region john heilemann is in mexico city we have that america editor there to see a new man who is insults jago chile's capital city is standing by in bogota the latest for us from colombia but let's begin with terry's a bow who is covering brazil for us though to reason as we were saying brazil is the worst hit country in the region and yet both continues to push for the easing of the lockdown is he having any success. has been a direct confrontation with anyone who thinks different than him and this has increased the confrontation between the federal government and state governors but also between nat'l and his health ministers we're just hearing that the health minister in brazil has offered his resignation we'll have to hear exactly the reasons why but there's no doubt that there's been a confrontation between the government for a student. who's been trying in a way to open up a country and health ministers previous one had already resigned in the past and now this one has been trying in a way to preserve people's life brazil is now the epic

in mexico city, someone came up with a fun way to keep riders on the train safe. >> mexico city doesn't want its public health campaign to turn into a circus, so it hired professional clowns to spray the hands of metro riders with disinfectant and to tell them, wear a face mask, don't be a clown. >> it's great to see clowns on the subway, because if you're angry, they make you laugh. >> jimmy: and you wouldn't like him when he's angry. between spider-man and the hulk, the avengers are really doing their part to keep the mask effort going strong. even with everything going on, despite all the warnings about spiking this virus again, as some states begin to ease stay at home restrictions, millions of americans are eagerly getting back out there. according to the "new york times" 25 million more people left their homes last week than in the six weeks before it. which is nuts. even the munchkins didn't come out of hiding until the witch was pronounced dead. and it's not just the human folk. this happened yesterday in san jose. goat stampede in the noks on,ng ad. >> block'em! >> jimmy: you b

cnn's matt rivers is in mexico city. >> reporter: yet, another new daily record recorded here in mexicoafter friday evening, mexican health officials reported an additional 479 deaths as a result of this outbreak. that is the largest single day increase in the death toll since this outbreak began. and, remember, it was just two days ago that the previously daily death toll increase record had been set. that number was 424, clearly eclipsed just 48 hours later, by today's figure of 479. as for the confirmed numbers of cases, mexican health officials reporting nearly 3,000 additional confirmed cases of the virus. that bringing the overall case number to more than 62,500. but that is just a lot of numbers. and i want to put into context just how bad the last week has been here in mexico. consider the overall death toll right now, 6,989. of all of those deaths, nearly one-third of those deaths have been reported in just the last seven days. when it comes to the case total. the case total has increased by nearly 40% in just the last week. it is without question that we are seeing the worst d

if you walk around mexico city right now, it's a city of some 20-plus million people. there are people out and about all over the place without any personal protective equipment. there definitely is not amongst all mexicans but among some there's a sense that this outbreak is not as bad as they probably think it should be, and some of the people we're speaking to say that's in part because the government is only saying there's 45,000 or so cases when in reality, we can be talking about millions of cases overall throughout the entire country. >> matt rivers in mexico city, thank you so much. >>> at least 13 protesters have been arrested at an anti-lockdown demonstration in london today. dozens of people gathering to protest against safety restrictions put in place by the government as the uk says it's ready to lower the coronavirus threat level. bianca nobilo joining me from london. so what more are you learning? >> you would expect the threat level to be correlated to the rate of infection in the country or the r number as it's called. when boris johnson said the uk's

recorded more than 5000 virus deaths and nearly 50000 infections go live now terminal at apollo in mexico city so many of mexico is easing their restrictions but if you look at the numbers i mean maybe not in all regions but in other parts the numbers are obviously rising. that's certainly the concern barbara what we're seeing in mexico monday was the 1st day of that new plan to reach the quote unquote new normal as the mexican president has says has said but i want to reiterate a couple of points that you just made specific to the numbers over the weekend on sunday this is the latest report from the mexican government the number of deaths reached a 5177 that's an increase of 132 from the day before so while the mexican government had forecasted that the height of contagion that peak of contagion would be reached about a week ago the numbers actually suggest otherwise the numbers suggest that the statistics point to the fact that mexico still is on the upward trend of that contagion curve which is very worrisome considering that today monday is the 1st day of the ease of restrictions now this

government figures by health health officials are saying those numbers differend and in much of mexico city one of the largest city in latin america there's virtually no social distancing with open air markets and some businesses operating normal and their government even claims of the virus curve has even flattened obviously not the case looking at these numbers and brand short of a vaccine the effect on mexico could be really disastrous but i want to also discuss saudi arabia too that's on this list which just announced a total lockdown for this till the end of the ramadan after new cases sword so we'll see in the coming days if these increase these increase these numbers decrease given that adding new lockdown in place right now and you know what country you're not seeing in any of the 3 lists that i discussed and that's china and they have just done a heck of a. job controlling those rioters from sweating in fact a 3rd is in war han that's obviously the chinese city where the crown of ours pandemic 1st broke out are planning to test get this all 11000000 residents in the next 10 days af

let's go to cnn's matt rivers in mexico city. at is behind this sudden surge of new cases and deaths there? >> reporter: ana, we've just seen a general steady uptick here in mexico. it's not like there was a backlog of cases or anything like that. it has just been slowly incrementally getting worse to the point that we are, without question, in the worst days of this outbreak that we have seen here in mexico so far, and there is every indication that it could continue to get worse. i mean, there are people out and about all over the place here in mexico city, many of whom don't wear any sorts of protection in terms of masks or anything like that. so, we don't know really where it goes from here. but you mentioned it, i mean, this week we've seen nearly one-third of all of the deaths recorded just in the last seven days. it's remarkable. the amount of cases has gone up about 40% as well. but when we talk about mexico, ana, you have to talk about testing. mexico is one of the lowest testing rates of any country around the world. and