FILE PHOTO: Ariana Valencia washes clothes at her home after she received a free distribution of water as part of a local government effort in the Tablas del Pozo neighborhood, where water scarcity complicates attempts to sanitize the area amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ecatepec, in the State of Mexico, Mexico April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - While city dwellers around the world take some consolation in improved air quality thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, festering garbage dumps, dirty diesel-fuelled generators and frequent forest fires have ensured Mexico City remains smog-filled.
Traffic in the normally congested megacity of more than 20 million people has thinned dramatically as residents heed the government's call to stay at home to contain the spread of the virus that has killed more than 200,000 people worldwide.
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