General News

Today’s headlines may focus mostly on the coronavirus epidemic but that doesn’t mean all is quiet and well on Guadalajara’s pubic security front.

Inspectors in Guadalajara and Zapopan – the two largest municipalities of the metropolitan area, accounting for more than two-thirds of its population – worked overtime during the first period of the year’s Covid-19 restrictions (botón de emergencia) between January 16 and 31.

Grupo Aeroporturio del Pacifico (GAP), the operators of the Guadalajara International Airport and 13 others in western Mexico, reacted swiftly to the recent travel requirements introduced for everyone flying to the United States and Canada.

After assessing no significant reduction in Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the state over the past two weeks, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has extended until February 12 the current restrictions on some businesses, gatherings in public spaces, and social and cultural activities.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our January editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

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.

Oxígeno en Ruedas (Oxygen on Wheels) is a new service that has emerged in the Guadalajara metropolitan area to help families in poorer neighborhoods who are struggling to find supplies of O2 amid the current shortage brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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.