MEXICO - BAJA
‘A war zone’: Tijuana hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients
TIJUANA, Mexico — Inside Tijuana emergency rooms and hospitals, defeated healthcare professionals are working double and triple shifts, without the equipment they need, as their colleagues fall sick, one after another.
...President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has conceded that the system does not have the number of doctors and nurses that it needs as the epidemic begins to ramp up in Mexico.
Nurses described the situation inside Hospital General in Tijuana as “desperate” and “very grave” on Friday.
SanDiego Union Tribune
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-war-zone-tijuana-hospitals-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-patients/ar-BB12uoT7
CALIFORNIA
Coronavirus doesn’t delay property taxes in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The coronavirus has delayed income taxes, mortgage payments and evictions in California. But not property taxes.
Friday was the deadline to pay those taxes without incurring a hefty penalty and Gov. Gavin Newsom let the date pass without taking any action. Business groups had urged Newsom to use his executive authority to delay the deadline or at least waive all penalties for late payments.
Local governments pushed back. Property tax payments are their largest source of revenue and only collected twice a year....