FILE PHOTO: A man is seen on one of the main streets in downtown after Mexico's government declared a health emergency and issued stricter rules to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mexico City, Mexico April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Deputy Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Saturday that decades of poor eating habits in the country have created an epidemic of obesity, diabetes and other related health complications that make its people more vulnerable to the novel coronavirus.
The Mexican health ministry has so far registered a total of 1,890 cases of the novel coronavirus and 79 deaths.
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