An isolated Mennonite community in the deserts of northern Mexico has discovered that a pandemic has swept across the planet after timidly opening up to the outside world through the internet.
The residents of El Sabinal in Chihuahua state have traditionally shunned electricity, television, mobile phones, cars and even rubber tires for their horse-drawn carriages.
But modernity is knocking at the door of the far-flung, dusty village and some of the younger members of the community have been seduced by the internet.
It was during one of their infrequent forays into cyberspace that they learned of the coronavirus pandemic shaking Mexico and the rest of the world.