The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
After considerable pressure from neighbors, the Jalisco state government has reversed its decision to open a makeshift morgue for Covid-19 victims in the parking lot of the Instituto de Cancerología (Cancer Institute) in Zapopan’s Colonia Miramar.
Pleas by florists for permission to break the Covid-19 lockdown and allow them to open on May 10 – Mother’s Day – appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
Zapopan firefighters offer a demonstration to members of the Guadalajara media on how to correctly use isolation stretchers to transport patients infected with the SARS CoV-2 virus.
Small businesses closed
Between 40 and 50 percent of micro and small businesses in Jalisco are closed because of the coronavirus lockdown, according to Coordinador General Estratégico de Crecimiento y Desarrollo Económico, Alejandro Guzmán Larralde.
Although Jalisco authorities have shied away from introducing a “Ley Seca” (dry law) in the state, a beer shortage is looming on the horizon, reports indicate.
Residents of Guadalajara and the citizens of Chapala will not be allowed to pay tribute to deceased matriarchs on Mother’s Day with customary visits to their gravesites.
The Jalisco state government this week showed off a new helicopter that will be used to fight forest fires over the next couple of months.
Jalisco’s Health Department (SSJ) has revealed that 26 cases of infection with the SAR-CoV-2 virus have been detected among personnel serving in medical centers in Ocotlán and Puerto Vallarta.
Computer science engineer Mark Jones has long been wary about the development of telecommunications equipment in Mexico, particularly its latest iteration, known as 5G or the fifth generation mobile network.
