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Healthcare workers will receive Mexico’s highest decoration

Mexican healthcare workers are working to save people infected with the novel coronavirus

A Mexican healthcare worker puts on PPE as he prepares to assist patients infected with COVID-19 - Photo: Mario Vázquez/AFP
12/08/2020 |10:03Newsroom |
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This morning, IMSS director Zoé Robledo announced the call for healthcare workers to obtain the Miguel Hidalgo award, the highest decoration awarded by the Mexican government. In this case, the call is for healthcareworkers handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

During a news conference, Zoé Robledo said Mexico has MXN 250 million for this project.



On May 25, the Mexican government will decorate healthcare workers with the Miguel Hidalgo award for their tireless efforts to save lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interior Minister Olga Sánchez Corderosaid the healthcare workers will be recognized for their work and effort, who explained that “The Miguel Hidalgo award is the highest honor granted by the Mexican government to eminent or distinguished people, exemplary lives, as well as relevant services provided to the country.”

The jury will include Health Minister Jorge Carlos Alcocer Varela, IMSS director Zoé Robledo, ISSSTE director Luis Antonio Ramírez Pineda, INSABI director Juan Antonio Ferrer Aguilar, among others.

The Miguel Hidalgo award is the highest award Mexico can bestow upon its citizens for their heroic acts .

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