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Reopening schools: the plot thickens

Mexican President Lopez Obrador has announced a “historic agreement” between the federal education system and four television networks – media giants Televisa and TV Azteca, as well as the smaller Grupo Imagen and Multimedios – to broadcast classes starting August 24 to young people homebound in the pandemic, thus discarding in-person classes for the start of the 2019-2020 school cycle.


Local universities unveil low-cost, altruistic, anti-Covid-19 creations

Guadalajara institutions of higher education – the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) and the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdG), the latter in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – have made public two promising inventions aimed at ameliorating the virus pandemic.

Private Covid-19 antibody test sites mushroom

For those desiring a relatively inexpensive serological (blood) test that is not for diagnosis of Covid-19, but instead can indicate whether their body has mounted an immune response to the new coronavirus, options in the Guadalajara and Chapala area are multiplying.

Governor warns of new, harsher lockdown

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro says he is prepared to order an immediate lockdown curtailing most activities in the state for two weeks if the coronavirus curve continues to spike.