The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has set up a working committee to explore the possibility of purchasing 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to “augment” the ongoing national vaccination program.
Temporary labs for Covid-19 testing have been installed at the Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta airports, while others in western Mexico operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) will also be equipped for tests..
Federal government authorization permitting, pharmacies such as Farmacias Guadalajara, Farmacias del Ahorro and Farmacias Benavides may soon be administering the Covid-19 vaccination to the general public.
Lakeshore residents wondering about the prolonged clanging of church bells heard on Monday, January 18, may be interested to learn that it was a symbolic tribute to La Virgen de Zapopan, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the revered icon’s coronation as the spiritual Queen of Jalisco.
A woman carried out the assassination of former Jalisco governor Aristoteles Sandoval, according to new reporting by Guadalajara Spanish-language daily Mural.
The Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) says 19 Covid-19 outbreaks have occurred in six homes for the elderly (asilos) since the start of the pandemic.
Citing an steep spike in cases of Covid-19 infections and deaths among inhabitants, Jocotepec Mayor José Miguel Gómez has reinstated “Botón Rojo” (emergency or red button) protocols in an effort to put a check on the spread of the virus in the muncipality.
Given the escalating number of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro decreed new emergency restrictions and closures to run from January 16 through January 31.
The Covid-19 case and death count reported each day by Jalisco health authorities has almost tripled in the past month, causing speculation that another draconian lockdown is not far away.
