General News

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro boasted this week of internal government data that shows a significant reduction in crime since he took office in December 2018.

Several state lawmakers are urging the state government to establish “preferential” hours for over 60s to visit supermarkets during the current Covid-19 contingency.

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro last week announced a major replanning of his government’s Covid-19 strategy, eliminating most of the current restrictions on business, cultural, social, religious and sports activities, and allowing gatherings of up to 300 people without the need to request a special permit.   

Medical workers in Jalisco won’t get their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine before the expiration of the recommended interval between inoculations, which is 21 to 28 days.

Following similar trends in the United States and other Mexican states, Covid-19 hospitalizations in Jalisco have dropped in the past two weeks, leading to speculation that Governor Enrique Alfaro is ready to lift the restrictions imposed over the past month.

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has set up a working committee to explore the possibility of purchasing 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to “augment” the ongoing national vaccination program.

For the first time in 15 years, Jalisco has edged past Michoacan as the leading receiver of remittances from the United States, research from the BBVA bank has revealed.

Temporary labs for Covid-19 testing have been installed at the Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta airports, while others in western Mexico operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) will also be equipped for tests..