Embracing life during a pandemic JESUS CHAIREZ | Contributing Writerfacebook.com/JesusChairez MEXICO CITY – Like most major cities, Mexico City shut down for a while at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The only places open at that time were supermarkets, tianguis (street markets that sell vegetables, fruit and home-cooked meals) and essential places like pharmacies.
All bars, clubs, cantinas, museums, businesses were closed, with restaurants only permitted to do home delivery and take out.
One of the largest cities in the world was like a ghost town. But things have opened up some since mid-July. The Mexican government has introduced a stoplight system to inform the public the levels of possible COVID contamination using four colors: