TIJUANA (Border Report) — With its northern neighbor, California, already on lockdown, the City of Tijuana had remained status quo and had refused to officially lock down the city to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Until today.
The city just announced that bars, movie theaters, churches, gyms and other gathering places throughout Tijuana be closed.
City officials had been hesitant due to the fact only two coronavirus cases had been reported in previous weeks. Both cases were called “imported” because the two people who tested positive had traveled to the United States recently.
But with more and more people testing positive for Covid-19, the city finally put out the order.
The list also includes funeral homes, casinos and museums.
People are saying it “was about time” the city enacted such measures in accordance with the World Health Organization.
Tijuana’s population is close to 2 million people and sits directly south of the border from San Diego.
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