The Guadalajara Reporter
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Recognizing the impact of the Covid pandemic on the private school network in Jalisco, Governor Enrique Alfaro this week handed over an initial 12 million pesos in support funding, a sum that will rise by another 55 million in the coming months.
Although research shows that age and comorbidities are not a prerequisite for symptomatic and severe Covid-19 infection, 83 percent of people who have died from the disease in the state of Jalisco were diagnosed with an underlying health condition, according to the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ).
The state-sponsored Ballet de Jalisco has been doing its best to survive during the pandemic, reports lakeside resident Suzanne Salimbene, one of the troupe’s most dedicated supporters and promoters.
Current state and federal data confirms that Covid-19 contagion in Jalisco has remained stable this month, with the number of active cases (those counted within 14 days of infection) virtually unchanged in the past three weeks.
In a virtual ceremony this week, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez and representatives of the British Council Mexico unveiled a new partnership program that has the aim of generating policy for the post Covid-19 cultural sector in the state.
Access to the Parque Nacional Volcan Nevado de Colima, actually located in the state of Jalisco, reopened to the public October 15.
Citizen inspectors are to be registered to monitor businesses, restaurants and street markets to ensure that Covid-19 protocols are being observed, the Jalisco state government has confirmed.
An astonishing 96 percent of all crimes reported in Jalisco during 2019 saw no convictions, a study carried out by México Evalúa has revealed.
The Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) has reported 2,905 confirmed cases of dengue fever since the start of 2020, a 42.4-percent decrease compared with the same period of 2019, when 5,047 cases were registered.
