A congressional candidate in Mexico has launched the world’s most uncanny election campaign…. in a coffin. Carlos Mayorga, a lower house candidate from the party called “Encuentro Solidario” on Tuesday began his campaign from a coffin to highlight the deaths caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

In pics: Why this Mexican election candidate kickstarted his campaign from a coffin

In a gesture to honour health workers in the nation, students from the National Autonomous University in Mexico painted mural on the walls.

A 100-metre long mural honouring nurses

Mexico tests only people with severe symptoms and has performed only around 2.5 million tests in a country of 130 million - and a general fear of hospitals.

People in Mexico get free rapid covid-19 tests

Mexican inflation cooled to 4.01% in the year through September as consumer prices for energy dropped and food price rises were lower.

Mexico annual inflation cools to 4.01% till September

Authorities in sprawling Mexico City have long faced an uphill battle over how to get commuters onto bikes to ease the capital's snarling traffic woes.

People turn to Eco friendly alternative in Mexico

Russia became the first country to license a vaccine last week when President Vladimir Putin announced its approval

Your Story: Mexico could test Russian COVID-19 vaccine

The coronavirus pandemic has been challenging for prison inmates in Mexico. The rate of infection has been higher than any other country in the world. Watch report.

Online workshops for Mexico's women inmates

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate in the Latin American nations. Peru and Mexico are witnessing a significant surge in the number of cases. Watch report.

Peru, Mexico surpass 500,000 COVID-19 cases: Peru's death rate highest in Latin America

With 269 new fatalities, the coronavirus death toll in Mexico jumped to 17,141, the health ministry said on Sunday. The ministry also said that 4,147 new infections were reported on Sunday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to 146,837.

More than 17,000 die in Mexico from coronavirus

A priest in Mexico's best-known border city Tijuana is driven around town to bless parishioners who haven't been able to attend Mass for weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Tijuana priest rides around city blessing people from the back of a pickup truck

Cemeteries in Mexico have braced for a surge in deaths due to contracting the deadly coronavirus as the country is preparing to reopen. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the pandemic has been tamed but experts, and those who must bury the dead, fear an alarming rise in cases.

Mexico's cemeteries brace for surge in coronavirus deaths as country readies to reopen

Hospitals in the famous Mexican beach Resort Town of Acapulco are struggling to cope with the rising coronavirus cases. Local authorities have said that public hospital beds have put in the care of critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Mexico: COVID overwhelms hospitals in resort town, COVID-19 cases over 78,000

Coronavirus is changing funeral rites, mourning and grief have now being changed. Mexico has seen one of the worst outbreaks of COVID-19. Funeral homes in Mexico are in a crisis. Watch report.

Mexico's funeral homes under pressure: Over 6,000 fatalities reported

Mexico issued guidelines on Monday for restarting operations in the automotive, mining and construction sectors, pushing ahead with reopening the economy despite a growing national toll from the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about unsafe work sites.

Mexico begins lifting lockdown despite fears of COVID-19 onslaught

Amid the lockdown, Mexicans are discovering what they really need right now is a snuggle and a wet kiss from an adopted dog. Mexico City authorities estimate there are over a million stray dogs in the capital alone.

Adopted pets and people help each other through Mexico coronavirus lockdown

The daughter of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán is distributing packing boxes with food and supplies for the elderly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico.

Coronavirus Pandemic: El Chapo's daughter distributing essentials