On March 24, Grupo Modelo, makers of Corona beer, promised to donate 300,000 bottles of antibacterial gel to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)."Grupo Modelo donará 300 mil botellas de gel antibacterial al IMSS para combatir al COVID-19". Sin Embargo . March 24, 2020. The Canacintra (National Chamber of the Processing Industry) announced on April 2 they were suspending all beer production in the country, as breweries are not an essential industry and there was sufficient supply in the country for a month."No se producirá cerveza durante un mes: Canacintra". El Universal . April 2, 2020. Tequila producers plan to stay open."Mexican tequila makers, unlike brewers, plan to keep up production, exports". Reuters, April 4, 2020.
