Guadalajara and Zapopan city employees got to work this week, handing out hundreds of free face masks at key points of the metropolitan area as Jalisco’s obligatory stay-at-home and mask-wearing order kicked in.
Staff from the metro area’s two largest municipalities are focusing their distribution efforts on covered and street markets, as well as bus stops, subway stations, plazas, supermarkets and restaurants.
The municipalities have each promised to distribute at least 100,000 masks. The order to wear masks in all public spaces will remain in effect until May 30. Anyone who disobeys the order can first expect to receive a warning. If this is ignored they may face a fine or even imprisonment.