Published 17:21 IST, April 3rd 2020

Corona beer suspends operations in Mexico after new govt orders amid COVID-19 pandemic

Grupo Modelo, the brewer of Corona beer has suspended production keeping in mind the recent Mexican government orders related to coronavirus outbreak.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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Grupo Modelo, brewer of Corona beer has suspended production keeping in mind recent Mexican government orders related to coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, Grupo Modelo suggested that it will keep brewing beer if government allows it to run as agriculture operations, however, production will be suspended. Grupo Modelo also said that it was scaling down its operations and suspension will be completed in next few days. 

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As per reports, company said that it will reduce operations to an extent only so y could restart again after suspension is lifted.   company in a statement reportedly said that it is rey to execute a plan that would see more than 75 per cent of its employees working from home. Mexican government has suspended all n-essential services until end of April in order to block spre of coronavirus. 

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According to data by worldometer, Mexico has recorded more than 1,500 coronavirus cases, of which 132 came in last 24 hours. re are currently 827 active cases in country and 50 people have lost ir lives due to disease. 633 patients in total have been treated successfully in Mexico so far.

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 54,200 lives across world and has infected over 10,30,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last month before Italy and Spain surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. United States and France have also surpassed China in terms of number of deaths recorded in se countries. Iran and United Kingdom are also on verge of overtaking China in terms of deaths recorded. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.

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17:31 IST, April 3rd 2020