This article, first published on the Latin American
Corporate Counsel Association website, Latin Lawyer, provides
guidance on the current impact of Covid-19 on mobility, migration
and labour legislation in Mexico and Peru.
Mexico
How has the covid-19 crisis developed in Mexico?
The covid-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mexico in
February 2020; however, the National Council of Science and
Technology reported two cases of the virus in mid- January 2020 in
the states of Nayarit and Tabasco.
On 22 January, the Secretariat of Health issued a statement
saying that covid-19 did not present a danger to the country. On 30
January and before the declaration of a pandemic by the World
Health Organization, the government developed a Preparation and
Response Plan that was produced by the General Health Council, a
working group led by the Secretariat of Health, composed of
different health entities that were briefed to manage the imminent
arrival of the pandemic.
