The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
Chapala curate José Octavio Moreno Olivares announced that the San Francisco Parish and all other churches and chapels in the community have closed their doors, effective April 21 through May 30 as a measure to prevent Covid-19 contagion.
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.”
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.
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.
The Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía) has opened a special unit to investigate assaults on medical personnel.
Among areas closed to public are the Ajijic plaza and the Ajijic malecon.
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.
As of 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, Jalisco had registered 178 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 11 fatalities.
