The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A University of Guadalajara research laboratory has detected four cases in Jalisco of a newer coronavirus strain that, while probably not any more lethal or aggressive, might bypass the body’s natural defense memory that affords immunity, and could even render certain vaccines less effective.
CULTURE DEPARTURE
Jalisco Culture Secretary Giovana Jaspersen has resigned her position for “personal reasons.” She will be replaced by Susana Chávez Brandon, the current director of the Instituto Cultural Cabañas.
Governor Enrique Alfaro this week laid the first stone of a building that will become the new headquarters of the Jalisaco Food Bank, a private initiative financed through the private sector.
Influential figures are calling for an extension to the current range of restrictions designed to contain the spread of Covid-19 infections in Jalisco, which are due to be lifted after Sunday, January 31.
Just a week after uttering some controversial observations on pandemic safety protocols, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, the former archbishop of Guadalajara, has put his foot in his mouth once more.
Despite the pandemic restrictions (botón de emergencia) introduced in Jalisco prohibiting all social gatherings in the state until January 31, the 74th edition of the Intermoda fashion trade show went ahead on schedule at Expo Guadalajara this week, much to the disbelief of many.
Free burials, cremations, oxygen
In a virtual session held this week, the Jalisco State Congress approved the full reimbursement of burial and cremation costs for families who have lost relatives as a result of Covid-19 infection.
With Covid-19 infections at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic, lines to replenish medical oxygen cylinders are getting longer and longer in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
The Jalisco Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) has opened an investigation into the deaths of 12 elderly people at a Guadalajara care home, supposedly all from Covid-19.
