The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
While most people are fixated on the growing spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, health authorities are starting to warn the public to begin precautions to prevent infection of dengue fever, as well as other common diseases transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, such as chikungunya and zika.
The Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía) has opened a special unit to investigate assaults on medical personnel.
Among areas closed to public are the Ajijic plaza and the Ajijic malecon.
An astounding variety of flowering trees and vines thrive in Western Mexico’s semi-tropical climate, reaching a year-round peak with the arrival of Spring and increasingly warmer temperatures.
As of 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, Jalisco had registered 178 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 11 fatalities.
The Jalisco state government is widening the scope of its Covid-19 testing program with the implementation of a strategy it says “represents a paradigm shift in the detection of cases of the disease.”
Students urged to use educational platforms
All schools in Jalisco are likely to stay closed until May 30 but state education authorities hope public school students will continue learning remotely through state-sponsored platforms such as Recrea Digital and PLAi, as well as via programs transmitted on the Canal 11 and Jalisco TV television stations.
People living on the streets of Guadalajara during the coronavirus epidemic will be among the beneficiaries of a major private sector/state government social welfare initiative that was launched this week.
The municipality of Zapopan has been busy making masks to fill the current shortage.
