The headline of Guadalajara Reporter stories published on the coronavirus pandemic illustrate the development of disease both locally and nationally over the second half of 2020.
July 4
Weekend visitors flock to Chapala
Governor backtracks on cinema, theater reopenings
Sanitary protocols in force as Primavera Forest reopens
City’s biggest park welcomes back visitors
Aeromexico hopeful for future despite filing for bankruptcy
July 11
Protocols being ignored as governor warns of new, harsher lockdown
July 18
U. of Washington projection: Mexico may have almost 100,000 Covid-19 deaths by November
80 percent of Covid cases in Jalisco are in the Guadalajara metropolitan area
Lopez-Gatell: ‘We know the epidemic is going to be very long’
Covid-19 not stopping resumption of Mexico’s top soccer league
July 25
Trump blames Mexico for Covid-19 spike
Governor upset at ‘red’ traffic light grade, despite his threat to roll back reopenings
University of Guadalajara’s voluntary isolation center may help cut Covid-19 transmission rate
August 27
Johns Hopkins Center expert says Mexico probably has 7 million cases
Anthony Fauci tells Mexico to do more
Seventeen Jalisco legislators test Covid-19 positive
Covid-19 tests available at Chapala laboratories
UdG to loan oximeters
August 8
Chapala ramps up malecón mask patrols
August 15
Mexico, Argentina to produce Covid-19 vaccine
Over 60s to be banned from reopened casinos
Lakeside expats urge Covid crackdown
Satellites reveal plummeting pollution during lockdown
August 22
Private/government food distribution program will be model for future social assistance policy, governor says
August 29
Mexican economy takes massive 2nd quarter hit
September 5
Jalisco eases Covid restrictions despite sustained cases, fatalities
Mariachi Festival: Cabañas to host three mega-concerts – without audiences
September 12
Excess deaths indicate Covid death tally could be much higher
Mexico to get 32 million doses of Russian vaccine in November (Editor’s note: didn’t happen)
September 19
Health sector workers honored prior to grito ceremony without crowds
September 26
Hospitalization decrease suggests coronavirus is declining in Jalisco
Lake Chapala Society grounds reopen for activities
October 10
Covid messaging is mixed & chaotic, and can lead to fatigue
Young people are main Covid spreaders
October 17
Foreign minister: Mexico secures Covid vaccines for 90 percent of population
Guadalajara city center precautions upped again
Citizen inspectors to monitor Covid protocols
October 24
Chapala City Hall inspectors tighten screws on Covid safeguards
Cemeteries to close in Jalisco on Day of the Dead
October 31
Jalisco governor hits ‘emergency button’ – partial lockdown in force for next two weeks
Trick-or-treating discouraged
November 14
Governor boasts of success as emergency ends
Protesters slam coronavirus restrictions
Ajijic mutes patron saint activities
November 21
Random antibody testing carried out at city malls, airports, light train stations
Mexico passes Covid 100,000 fatality milestone amid uncertainty
Lakeside expats open purse strings for Chapala student tuitions
December 5
First batch of vaccines on their way to Mexico
WHO rebukes Mexico, tells it to ‘get serious’
Jalisco schools set to reopen January 25
‘An absolutely atrocious year,’ asserts U.S. ambassador in Book Fair Zoom event
December 12
Jalisco hospitalizations hit new high
December 19
Pfizer vaccine gets all clear from Mexico
Governor resists new Covid restrictions as hospitalizations continue to rise
December 26
Governor hits Guadalajara & PV with new end-of-year restrictions
NYT exposes Mexico City Covid ‘traffic light’ cover-up