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The Ministry of Health registers a 41% decrease in the fourth wave of Covid-19 in the country;  estimates an active epidemic of 124,734 cases.  At the moment, the Covid epidemic in the country shows a decrease of 41% in the fourth week of the year (January 23 to 29), which has been reported this week by the Ssa. From the confirmed infections, the agency estimates that there are 124,734 active cases and that 4,471,373 people have recovered since the start of the pandemic. The national occupancy of general beds in hospitals stands at 35%, one percentage point less than yesterday, and that of ventilated beds, at 25%, without change compared to yesterday. The health authorities also indicated that within the vaccination program against Covid-19, more than 171.45 million doses have been administered, adding 740,150 during the last day. Of the 126 million inhabitants, 84.02 million Mexicans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, with which 89% of the population aged 18 and ...

Yolanda Martinez Urbina THE GRANDSTAND Through Cuenca, through the Demographic Challenge train  Yolanda Martinez Urbina 12 February, 2022  08:10 SAVE The Demographic Challenge  to increase the population in intermediate towns and cities requires cross-cutting policies that facilitate housing rehabilitation, quality health and education  , and connectivity and mobility resources  .  All of this is necessary for a flow of people to self-regulate the territorial balance and thereby increase new services that activate the economy.  Families are going through an unprecedented crisis in the big cities and betting on favoring that transit to one of the most depopulated provinces would intrinsically lead to a movement of people that in itself mobilizes the economy and is a generator of employment. The fact that the Demographic Challenge is part of the political agenda to the point of having created a ministerial structure that works in this direction is also i...

  The recent Spanish nominations for the Oscars, the presence of Cate Blanchett as the first Goya of Honor or even the best situation of the pandemic, augur some very festive and cathartic film awards. One day you wake up and -by the grace of the Hollywood Film Academy- your self-esteem as a Spanish film industry goes through the roof.  Thanks to the Oscar nominations of our actors and stars  Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz,  that of the composer  Alberto Iglesias  (what merit do you have, you have spoiled us, congratulations again) and that of the animator  Alberto Mielgo  , we can take advantage of the kindness and merits of our films and professionals without fear of that hater brother-in-law or tweeter (A piece of advice, you better not try to reason. Phobias are sometimes visceral and do not attend to reason. We can feel proud of Spanish cinema all year round). Let's add to the high the news known a few days before.  Somewhat unexpectedl...