The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The transmission rate of Covid-19 in Jalisco hasn’t declined, but from Monday, June 15 the state government will allow the gradual reopening of shopping malls, hotels, beaches, sports clubs and churches, even though the governor is urging people only to go out for essential reasons and stay at home as much as possible.
With Covid-19 transmissions escalating rapidly in the past week, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro says now is not the time to move the state forward into the next stage of economic reactivation.
The Jalisco’s Prosecutor’s Office (FGE) has confirmed it is investigating the death of a 30-year-old man, who passed away shortly after he was arrested by Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos police officers on the evening of May 4.
Five people, including a former mayor of Aguascalientes, lost their lives when a Cesna 205 airplane crashed into a remote and mountainous wooded area in the Jalisco municipality of San Sebastián Oeste, while en route to Puerto Vallarta Friday, June 5.
The Jalisco government has received authorization to solicit a 6.2-billion-peso ($US279 million) loan to offset spending redirected to the Covid-19 emergency, as well as from loss of tax revenue and federal funding.
On June 5, the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (FGE) arrested three officers from the Ixtlahuacan de Membrillos municipal police force in connection with the death of Giovanni Lopez, a 30-year-old construction worker, who died in mysterious circumstances a few hours after being taken into custody on the evening of May 4.
As Jalisco opens segments of its economy on Monday, June 1, Governor Enrique Alfaro is warning that the Covid-19 epidemic in the state is far from over.
Even though Jalisco is currently reporting its highest numbers of Covid-19 infections, many businesses deemed nonessential have been given the green light to reopen.
Phase Zero, the first stage of Jalisco’s gradual reopening of its economy, kicked in last Monday with the start of a two-week period for nonessential businesses to make preparations for opening their doors for the first time since mid-March.
