The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The short-term future of tourism in this country isn’t all bleak, even though Mexico this week received a Level 4 Travel Health Notice from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), with the agency advising Americans to avoid all travel here due to the ongoing pandemic.
Mexico’s vaccination rhythm picked up rapidly during the first two weeks of this month.
On Sunday, March 28, Mexico will receive 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, part of a package of 2.7 million doses that the Joe Biden administration promised to “loan” to its southern neighbor. (Mexico has agreed to replace the vaccines at a later date.)
Private sector medics and other personnel from non-public health care institutions staged a sit-in in front of the Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) on Sunday after President Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that they will have to wait for their age group to receive anti-Covid shots.
While urging his compatriots to forgo travel during the Easter holiday, Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell warned this week that Mexico could experience a third Covid-19 wave, similar to the one currently blighting several European nations, including Germany, France and Italy.
Mexico’s central bank, Banxico, has launched a new 20-peso coin commemorating the centennial of the death of Emiliano Zapata, one of the most iconic figures of the 1910-20 Mexican Revolution.
Although many questions have been raised about the efficacy of the Chinese-made Sinovac Covid vaccine, Chapala area residents rushed – and in some cases waited many hours – to get jabs this week.
If three phases of trials go according to schedule, Mexico could be rolling out its own Covid19 vaccine by the end of 2021, the nation’s president has announced.
On Monday, March 15, Mexico takes the day off to mark the birth of Benito Juarez, one of the nation’s most respected presidents.
