Uber suspends 240 accounts in Mexico contain potential spread of Coronavirus

Uber Techlogies Inc. has reportedly suspended 240 user accounts in Mexico as a containment effort to combat spre of dely Coronavirus. According to reports, Uber confirmed that y h suspended customers who h ridden with two drivers who came into contact with a possible Coronavirus case.

confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Mexico to date

Mexico has t reported any confirmed cases of Coronavirus to date. two uber drivers that are presumably infected showed pneumonia-like symptoms and have been transferred to medical care center, suggest reports. “We will keep users and drivers informed with respect to any update of ir accounts,” Uber informed in an official statement to citizens on company’s Mexican Twitter account.

Mexico City’s Health Ministry told media that a traveller from Los Angeles was driven in an Uber, and it is suspected that he was infected with coronavirus. ncy said that driver has been quarantined to monitor wher he has contracted disease, or authorities need to discount contagion prospect.

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Last month, officials in Mexico reportedly ran coronavirus tests on a few citizens who were showing flu-like symptoms. Mexican citizens were quarantined on rrn border state of Tamaulipas that borders sourn tip of Texas state in US. Mexican president Andrews Manuel Lopez Obror h told media that first suspected case of coronavirus in Mexico was ruled out while second was under observation.

World Health Organization has declared coronavirus global outbreak a public health emergency of international concern as death toll from life-threating virus has soared to 304 and infection cases have alarmingly spiked to 14, 370. Millions of citizens in mainland China remain in lockdown as fears of transmission of disease globally grip nations worldwide.

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