The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Claiming that he was misunderstood, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has clarified that the reopening of the state economy won’t begin until June 1, and that the next two weeks (phase zero as he calls it), will be used for prepping and putting in place protocols for the new normalcy.
The next time Jalisco schoolchildren sit together in a classroom five long months will have passed.
No sector has been harder hit by the Covid-19 health emergency than the restaurant sector.
For us, there is no Mother’s Day, read placards at several small rallies organized May 10 by family members of missing persons in Jalisco.
After considerable pressure from neighbors, the Jalisco state government has reversed its decision to open a makeshift morgue for Covid-19 victims in the parking lot of the Instituto de Cancerología (Cancer Institute) in Zapopan’s Colonia Miramar.
Jalisco will take the first step to restart its economy Monday, May 18, permitting scores of previously “non-essential” businesses to reopen, just as long as they observe strict hygiene guidelines, which include cleanliness, social distancing and the obligatory use of face masks.
Pleas by florists for permission to break the Covid-19 lockdown and allow them to open on May 10 – Mother’s Day – appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
The pitaya season is now in full swing but, unfortunately for vendors of this cactus-type fruit, sales outlets are at a premium.
Small businesses closed
Between 40 and 50 percent of micro and small businesses in Jalisco are closed because of the coronavirus lockdown, according to Coordinador General Estratégico de Crecimiento y Desarrollo Económico, Alejandro Guzmán Larralde.
