The normally bustling streets and plazas of Mexico’s second largest city emptied this week after Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro asked everyone to stay at home for five days in a voluntary measure designed to break the spread of Covid-19 during a “critical” phase.
The vast majority of Tapatios heeded his call, and the shops and restaurants that decided to open in the city center and shopping malls saw business drop to a snail’s pace.