General News

More infections are being noted among young people in Jalisco, as authorities fear that protocols are being relaxed as citizens “become fatigued” by mandatory Covid-19 measures.

One-third of 150,000 parents consulted in an online survey conducted by the Jalisco state government say they do not want their children to return to in-person classes until a Covid-19 vaccination program has started.

Responding to the national shortage of medicines to treat children with cancer, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro this week handed out checks to nine non-profit charities.

LGBTTTI organizations are asking authorities to step up the investigate the disappearance of three trans women, two of whom disappeared on their way to a party in Zapopan September 18, and another who went missing in El Salto. 

Although homeschooling is not specifically illegal in Jalisco, according to a document released this week by the Jalisco state legislature, it is not regulated and therefore cannot be promoted in any way.

The Jalisco state government has launched a new emergency app that provides citizens in the Guadalajara metropolitan area direct notification of a range of services, including the police, firefighters, civil protection and health authorities.

Lawmakers in the Constitutional Oversight Commission of the Jalisco Congress have given the green light for reforms to the Civil Code legalizing “express divorces” in the state.

The prospect of being tested for Covid-19 (by nasopharyngeal swab or blood) is only one of the many uncertainties of the pandemic, and perhaps less notoriously fearful than the quandary of whether to enter a hospital for Covid treatment (or, during a pandemic, for anything) or whether to even venture out of one’s house.