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June 30, 2020 - Dr. Giorgio Franyuti usually spends his time in the jungles of Mexico diagnosing TB, but since the outbreak of covid19, he's been working in a makeshift hospital on a military base in Mexico City. Franyuti specializes in biosecurity, helping "build" the hospital protocols from the ground up. The hospital has yet to have a patient die of covid19, which is especially shocking given Mexico City's rate of infection.
May 14, 2020 - IMSS Hospital General Regional 1 Dr. Carlos Mac Gregor Sanchez Navarro (often referred to as Hospital Carlos Mac Gregor) is one of city's designated "covid-19 only" hospitals.
May 14, 2020 - Berenice Andrade Bravo, 36, a doctor at IMSS Hospital General Regional 1 Dr. Carlos Mac Gregor Sanchez Navarro (often referred to as Hospital Carlos Mac Gregor) stands for a portrait outside her hospital before her shift starts. It is one of city's designated "covid-19 only" hospitals. She says that she is still nervous about the virus, but less so than when it first began. She works five days a week at the hospital.
May 14, 2020 - Susana De Anda Morales, 39, walks in to the hospital where she works as a nurse--ISSSTE Hospital General José María Morelos y Pavon in Ermita Zaragoza, Iztapalapa (a municipality of Mexico City). She said as of yesterday, there are over 20 covid-19 patients at their hospital.
June 30, 2020 - A patient in the women's section of the covid19 ward at a makeshift military hospital in Mexico City uses a balloon to strengthen her lungs as she recovers from the virus. Dr. Giorgio Franyuti usually spends his time in the jungles of Mexico diagnosing TB, but since the outbreak of covid19, he's been working in a makeshift hospital on a military base in Mexico City. Franyuti specializes in biosecurity, helping "build" the hospital protocols from the ground up. The hospital has yet to have a patient die of covid19, which is especially shocking given Mexico City's rate of infection.
June 30, 2020 - Dr. Giorgio Franyuti usually spends his time in the jungles of Mexico diagnosing TB, but since the outbreak of covid19, he's been working in a makeshift hospital on a military base in Mexico City. Franyuti specializes in biosecurity, helping "build" the hospital protocols from the ground up. The hospital has yet to have a patient die of covid19, which is especially shocking given Mexico City's rate of infection.
May 14, 2020 - Surgeon Eduardo Rojano Mercado stands in front of one of the two hospitals he works at, Hospital General Balbuena in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. The hospital is not one of the city's covid-19-only hospitals, but is treating patients for the virus.
June 30, 2020 - Dr. Giorgio Franyuti usually spends his time in the jungles of Mexico diagnosing TB, but since the outbreak of covid19, he's been working in a makeshift hospital on a military base in Mexico City. Franyuti specializes in biosecurity, helping "build" the hospital protocols from the ground up. The hospital has yet to have a patient die of covid19, which is especially shocking given Mexico City's rate of infection.
June 30, 2020 - Dr. Giorgio Franyuti in the "doffing" station. Franyuti helped design the "donning and doffing" procedures for PPE at this hospital, stressing that carefully following procedure is what has kept the healthcare workers at this particular hospital safe from the virus.
May 14, 2020 - A sign giving thanks to those who work in hospitals and healthcare hangs in a convenience store across the street from ISSSTE Hospital General José María Morelos y Pavon in Ermita Zaragoza, Iztapalapa (a municipality of Mexico City)
May 14, 2020 - Posters that say "Stay in your house, stay alive," "1. Don't go out 2. Don't go out 3. DON'T GO OUT," When there are more people in the street, there are more people in hospitals," and other slogans urging people to stay in their homes.
April 8, 2020 - A closed stall surrounded by open stalls in Mercado la Dalia in Mexico City's neighborhood of Santa Maria la Ribera.
April 8, 2020 - Benjamin Lopez removes the spines from cactus in Mercado la Dalia in the Santa Maria la Ribera in Mexico City. "The people are afraid. But they need more information, real information. I take precautions. I wear a mask when I leave, but not here."
April 8, 2020 - A stuff rabbit wearing a Cruz Azul soccer jersey wears a face mask in Mercado la Dalia in Mexico City's Santa Maria la Ribera neighborhood.
July 22, 2020 - Central de Abastos in Iztapalapa, one of the largest wholesale food markets in the world and responsible for 80% of the food consumed in the Mexico City metropolitan area. When covid hit the Central de Abastos, it spread rapidly. Prior to covid's appearance, the market had nearly half a million people move through it daily. The market has enforced strict usage of PPE, and city healthcare workers roam the market handing out hand sanitizer and taking temperatures.
July 22, 2020 -City public health workers outside Central de Abastos--the team moves around the massive market taking temperatures and handing out hand sanitizer. Central de Abastos in Iztapalapa, one of the largest wholesale food markets in the world and responsible for 80% of the food consumed in the Mexico City metropolitan area. When covid hit the Central de Abastos, it spread rapidly. Prior to covid's appearance, the market had nearly half a million people move through it daily. The market has enforced strict usage of PPE, and city healthcare workers roam the market handing out hand sanitizer and taking temperatures.
July 22, 2020 - A woman in an outdoor market sits inside her stall, a plastic covering with two large holes for trading products and cash between her and her customers. Iztapalapa is Mexico City's largest municipality with a population of over 1.8 million people. The borough is heavily working class, with a large percentage of the population dedicated to working in the informal economy. The city and national government has offered little assistance to those in the country who income has been affected by covid-19, and people in Iztapalapa are still working on the streets even while the threat of the virus looms heavily. Mexico City, as of July 23, has recorded 65,214 cases of the novel coronavirus, with 10,467 of those cases in Iztapalapa.
July 22, 2020 - A woman (who wanted her name withheld) in a barbershop in Iztapalapa's San Pablo neighborhood trims the hair of a young client. "We take as many precautions as we can. The real thing to fear is that a lot of people can't afford to eat if they don't work. So you have an impossible choice. We're trying to be safe."
July 22, 2020 - A casket is carried through Iztapalapa's Centro Historico. The deceased passed away from complications related to diabetes. A large cemetery sits in the center of Iztapalapa, but groups of mourners are not allowed inside for funeral services.
July 22, 2020 - Workers quickly bury a coffin of a covid19 victim in the midday heat in the San Lorenzo Tezonco public cemetery in Iztapalapa. The burial is fast and efficient, almost clinical. The family stands by and watches--taking video to share with their family as only three people can attend the burial. The family present is three brothers of the deceased--the family Purecoo Vasquez. When asked about their brother, the three look around stunned. "He was a really hard worker. And really charismatic...he had so many friends."