Ex-pats hunkered down in Mexico to ride out COVID-19 pandemic

Lake Chapala, in Mexico's Jalisco state, used to be a place to go for a quick, seasonal trip in Mexico for thousands of Canadian and European tourists. But many of them fell in love with the beauty and tranquility of the place and decided to stay forever and call it home.

With COVID-19 ending tourism and travel around the world, many ex-pats were told to return to their own countries as insurance companies started to end coverage abroad. Some felt the pandemic forced them to make a decision: to leave or stay.

But for thousands of them the decision was already made. They didn’t heed the authority's recommendations. Instead, they organized and extended a network of help, to take care of those ex-pats in need.

Correspondent Alasdair Baverstock reports on the hundreds of ex-pats who have chosen Mexico as their place to ride out the pandemic.


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