Today’s headlines may focus mostly on the coronavirus epidemic but that doesn’t mean all is quiet and well on Guadalajara’s pubic security front.

Grupo Aeroporturio del Pacifico (GAP), the operators of the Guadalajara International Airport and 13 others in western Mexico, reacted swiftly to the recent travel requirements introduced for everyone flying to the United States and Canada.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our January editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

Oxígeno en Ruedas (Oxygen on Wheels) is a new service that has emerged in the Guadalajara metropolitan area to help families in poorer neighborhoods who are struggling to find supplies of O2 amid the current shortage brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Inspectors in Guadalajara and Zapopan – the two largest municipalities of the metropolitan area, accounting for more than two-thirds of its population – worked overtime during the first period of the year’s Covid-19 restrictions (botón de emergencia) between January 16 and 31.

After assessing no significant reduction in Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the state over the past two weeks, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has extended until February 12 the current restrictions on some businesses, gatherings in public spaces, and social and cultural activities.