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Briefly - January 16, 2021

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.


Cameras destroyed

Some 44 cameras that are part of the Urban Shield (Escudo Urbano) in metropolitan Guadalajara were destroyed Monday in a coordinated attack on the state’s security system.

UdG nixes exams

For the first time on record, the University of Guadalajara has annulled the results of the admission exams given in November to aspiring students after finding that many copied answers from other exams left in the exam rooms.

State gears up for Covid vaccine rollout

Jalisco health officials check on the progress of the adaptation of a central warehouse at the Hospital General de Occidente in Guadalajara, which will operate as the state’s reception and distribution point for Covid-19 vaccines.