Every day, thousands of Mexicans crowd a massive food market that is a lynchpin of the capital's food supply, though it sits at the heart of a major hotspot for the virus.
MEXICO CITY - Every day, thousands of Mexicans crowd a massive food market that is a lynchpin of the capital’s food supply, though it sits at the heart of a major hotspot for the virus.
In addition to shoppers and wholesale buyers who throng the market at night to supply retail outlets in the metropolis, another 100,000 workers typically cram the corridors lined with sacks of potatoes, rice and boxes of bananas. “Central de Abasto cannot be closed,”Sheinbaum said late last month. “We are taking very strict measures so that as few people as possible go.”
With about 2,500 confirmed cases and more than 200 deaths, Iztapalapa accounts for about a fifth of the total number of infections and deaths related to the virus in Mexico City, the epicenter of the pandemic in the country. Reuters made repeated requests for an interview with Clara Brugada, mayor of the Iztapalapa area, but she was not made available in time for publication.Due to the coronavirus, the market is operating at 85% of capacity. It typically receives more than 15,000 products every day from all over the country in more than 60,000 cargo vehicles, officials say.
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