The UK cannot ignore Mexico’s Covid crisis | Letter

Mexico currently has the highest Covid death rate in the world and its hospitals are at breaking point, writes Prof Charles Posner. It is time for the UK government to add it to the travel red list

As someone who worked in and with the Mexican government for many years, I wish to congratulate you for your timely article highlighting the fact that Mexico is being devastated by the Covid pandemic (A Mexican tragedy: country's crippling Covid crisis comes into sharp focus, 3 April).

The death rate is now the highest in the world. The rollout of the vaccination programme, with its reliance on the Sputnik vaccine, has been chaotic. Hospitals have reached breaking point. The mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, and other entities cannot rely on the federal government led by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to allow her and colleagues to institute a coherent and sustainable policy.