
Record deaths, cases In Mexico strain health resources; world toll 2.1M
Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The coronavirus pandemic has been surging to record daily deaths and cases in Mexico, straining the resources of hospitals and morgues despite a nationwide vaccination plan. Mexico is among the nations grappling with a pandemic that has reached 2,134,449 deaths and is just shy of 100 million cases at 99,538,884 cases worldwide, according to tracking by Worldometers.info. Advertisement Cases and deaths are surging despite the beginning stages of vaccine distribution as well as restrictions, including lockdowns. Many nations have issued a travel ban, including Israel which on Sunday vote to ban all international passenger travel to and from its airports starting at midnight Monday. That includes Ben Gurion in Lod, near Tel Aviv, which handled 24.8 million passengers in 2019...