Mexico is reopening its economy after it implemented measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But the numbers of bodies piling up in morgues and crematoriums in the capital don't seem to match the numbers that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says are helping to flatten the curve.

In this episode: 

Manuel Rapalo (@Manuel_Rapalo), Al Jazeera correspondent in Mexico City; Mercedes Vargas-Lugo, planning producer for Al Jazeera English.

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Mexico is reopening its economy after it implemented measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But the numbers of bodies piling up in morgues and crematoriums in the capital don't seem to match the numbers that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says are helping to flatten the curve.In this episode: Manuel Rapalo (<a href="https://twitter.com/Manuel_Rapalo " target="_blank">@Manuel_Rapalo</a>), <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/profile/manuel-rapalo.html " target="_blank">Al Jazeera correspondent</a> in Mexico City; Mercedes Vargas-Lugo, planning producer for Al Jazeera English.For more:<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/mexico-start-reopening-lockdown-rising-infections-200531192729093.html" target="_blank">Mexico to start reopening from lockdown amid rising infections</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/8000-excess-deaths-mexico-city-coronavirus-rages-study-200526011843496.html" target="_blank">8,000 'excess deaths' in Mexico City as coronavirus rages: study</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/mexico-medical-workers-beg-ppe-200430115012143.html" target="_blank">'No one's looking out for us': Mexico medical workers beg for PPE</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@AJTheTake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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