Students eager to return to school
A survey taken recently indicated that seven out of ten Mexican schoolchildren are looking forward to getting back to classes.
A survey taken recently indicated that seven out of ten Mexican schoolchildren are looking forward to getting back to classes.
Inhabitants of Temacapulin, Jalisco, hold a press conference in Guadalajara’s Plaza de la Liberación Thursday to urge President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to keep his word not to flood the villages of Acasico, Palmarejo and Temacapulin in order to finish the stalled Zapotillo Dam.
Volunteers throw confetti as Zacatecas native Alberto Rincón Ortega, a biotechnology engineer and seven-year resident of Guadalajara, receives the one-millionth vaccine to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus applied in the state of Jalisco.
As of August 1, a groundbreaking new route employing electric buses started service from the Guadalajara International Airport.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro disputes data on the federal Health Ministry website showing 17 hospitals in the state to be at their maximum bed capacity for patients diagnosed with Covid-19.
Mandatory emissions tests began August 2 for all private vehicles with Jalisco license plates ending in 7 that circulate on a regular basis in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
An elderly U.S. citizen holding temporary resident immigration status was turned away from Covid-19 vaccination clinic held over the last two weeks at the campus of Chapala’s Technological Institute.
During July, Covid-19 infections increased by 653 percent compared to June, according to the Jalisco Health Department (SSJ). June’s figure of 3,712 confirmed cases rose dramatically to 27,936 one month later, data from the state’s Radar System reveals.
The combination of unvaccinated people, a relaxation of preventive measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing, plus the spread of the contagious Delta variant have caused Covid-19 cases to climb in Jalisco, health experts say.