Desperation mounts in Mexico as the country runs out of coronavirus vaccines, a government registration website crashed for a third straight day and restaurant workers protested virus restrictions they say are driving them into poverty, AP reports.

Hundreds of cooks, waiters and other restaurant employees gathered at Mexico City’s Revolution Monument in their uniforms, banging cooking pots and chanting “Either we open, or we die!”

Hospitals in Mexico City are over 80 per cent full, and many people are dying because ambulance drivers say it takes them hours to find an available bed. Many families are treating sick relatives at home.

A worker with a metal cooking implement joins fellow restaurant employees in a protest against the Covid-19 "red alert” shutdown that suspended restaurants’ limited seating and returned them to takeout and delivery only, in Mexico City, February 4. — AP
A worker with a metal cooking implement joins fellow restaurant employees in a protest against the Covid-19 "red alert” shutdown that suspended restaurants’ limited seating and returned them to takeout and delivery only, in Mexico City, February 4. — AP

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