The Guadalajara Reporter
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Twenty-one residents from the Jalisco towns of Tamazula de Gordiano and Mazamitla have died after consuming cane alcohol allegedly containing methanol, the state government has revealed. The victims all suffered loss of vision, intense pain, breathing difficulties and convulsions, reports say.
By May 15, the Jalisco state government will have worked out its strategy to exit the coronavirus health contingency lockdown, Governor Enrique Alfaro said Monday after conferring with members of his cabinet.
Soon after Zapopan authorities posted images of municipal cops doling out bags of essential goods to local residents from the back of a police truck,
The University of Guadalajara has opened a fourth Covid-19 testing laboratory at its campus in Puerto Vallarta, the Centro Universitario de la Costa.
Jalisco senator Clemente Castañeda has called Hugo López-Gatell, the federal government’s Covid-19 point man, “irresponsible” for suggesting there is no scientific evidence that using face masks can prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus.
In an effort to efficiently combat the spread of Covid-19 infection in Jalisco, the state’s Department of Health recently partnered with the University of Guadalajara (UDG) to launch the Radar Jalisco system aimed at increasing prompt detection of persons infected with the disease and achieving a more accurate count of active cases.
A key indicator of the pace of Covid-19 transmission in Jalisco is that 88 percent of the state’s hospital beds designated for infected patients remain unused, state health officials say.
