Thalia is outraged by the orders given by Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re going to keep living life as usual,” López Obrador said in a video message on Sunday (March 22). “I’ll tell you when not to go out any longer,” he added, explaining that COVID-19 is only its first phase in the country. “If you’re able and have the means to do so, continue taking your family out to eat … because that strengthens the economy.”
Thalia, who emphasized that she’s not one to get involved with politics, shared a nearly two-minute-long video on Instagram, pleading with the Mexican population to stay home.
“What is mentioned in a part of this video is not right! Stay in your house,” she said. “We all understand that our heroes, medical professionals (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc.) who are dealing closely with this day by day and others with essential jobs, indispensable in this situation, have to leave their homes. But we who are not health professionals have to be considerate of them, be responsible and isolate ourselves as much as possible.”
On Monday (March 23), Mexico had 367 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country with a total of four deaths, deputy health secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell said, according to Reuters.
Watch Thalia’s video message below.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease at the end of 2019 in China, Covid-19 has reached more than 150 countries and every U.S. state, resulting in numerous deaths worldwide. Basic protective measures against the novel coronavirus, according to WHO, include washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand sanitizer, maintaining social distancing at least three feet between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing, and avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth.
For more information about COVID-19, visit the WHO or CDC websites.
