The football stadiums, restaurants and churches of Mexico City Ire empty, and the latest must-have fashion accessory is the cubreboca. Though the army was dispatched to hand out millions of these face masks free, supplies in pharmacies are almost exhausted and people have been outraged as some sellers have raised the price of those that remain to an unheard-of 50 pesos (around $3.50). Whenever someone sneezes or coughs, those nearby try to walk away as fast as they can without being rude. A proffered hand or cheek is treated as though the profferer has plague. Which, in a sense, he might.
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