The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
While most people are fixated on the growing spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, health authorities are starting to warn the public to begin precautions to prevent infection of dengue fever, as well as other common diseases transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, such as chikungunya and zika.
The Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía) has opened a special unit to investigate assaults on medical personnel.
An astounding variety of flowering trees and vines thrive in Western Mexico’s semi-tropical climate, reaching a year-round peak with the arrival of Spring and increasingly warmer temperatures.
The Jalisco state government is widening the scope of its Covid-19 testing program with the implementation of a strategy it says “represents a paradigm shift in the detection of cases of the disease.”
People living on the streets of Guadalajara during the coronavirus epidemic will be among the beneficiaries of a major private sector/state government social welfare initiative that was launched this week.
Among areas closed to public are the Ajijic plaza and the Ajijic malecon.
As of 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, Jalisco had registered 178 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 11 fatalities.