The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Mexican health authorities and politicians are advising fully vaccinated citizens to assume they are infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 if they develop mild, cold-like symptoms, such as a cough, hoarseness, runny nose or body aches.
The Covid-19 surge caused by the Omicron variant kicked in this week as Jalisco recorded its highest ever daily confirmed case totals on Wednesday and Thursday: 2,247 and 2,506.
The large-scale Covid vaccination program in the Guadalajara metropolitan area was reactivated this week after a two-week break for the holidays.
To encourage early payment of 2022 predial (property tax), Guadalajara City Hall is offering free home insurance for the first 150,000 homeowners who settle their accounts.
Both Guadalajara and Mexico City have canceled their New Year celebrations amid rising Covid-19 cases. Although Jalisco has yet to report any cases of the Omicron variant, confirmed infections increased by 21 percent between November 29 and December 29, health authorities said on Wednesday.
Guadalajara municipal police officers politely ask a disabled woman sitting by a planter in the city center’s Plaza de los Naranjos Wednesday morning to put on her face mask or move on.
The Zapopan Family Development Agency (DIF) is seeking suitable families or couples who are willing to act as temporary guardians to young people who would otherwise be residing in a children’s shelter.
Travelers should be aware that the Omicron wave in Mexico is causing the cancellation of flights from the Guadalajara International Airport to both domestic and international destinations.
The Mexico chapter of Democrats Abroad (DA-Mexico) has selected Guadalajara as host city for its 2022 Annual General Meeting, to be held March 11 through 13. It will be the organization’s first in-person conference since 2019.