General News

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro is asking citizens to prolong his voluntary stay-at-home measure until Sunday, March 29.

There are now 5 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the state of Jalisco, although the real number is probably higher given the limited amount of testing available.

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the state of Jalisco has risen to 45, the Secretaría de Salud Jalisco (SSJ) has announced. Four of the patients are asymptomatic. All are in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, bar one, in the municipality of Cuautla. The national total is 316, and two deaths.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and all U.S. consulates in Mexico (including Guadalajara) will suspend routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services starting March 18, and until further notice. Meanwhile, routine passport (including consular reports of birth abroad) and notarial services for U.S. citizens will be limited starting March 18. Seehttps://bit.ly/3b2ivNf.

Cinemagic Ajijic is the first movie theater in Jalisco to be almost fully solar powered.

CLASSES SUSPENDED … Jalisco education authorities have decided to suspend all classes as of Tuesday, March 17, meaning that schoolchildren will be absent from school until Monday, April 20, almost five weeks.  Last Friday, federal authorities brought forward the Easter holiday by two weeks, suspending all classes nationwide as of March 20.

As the coronavirus threat cranks up, the Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) has the use of an ambulance that has been specially equipped to respond to chemical, biological and radiological emergencies.

Although the Mexican government has made no announcement about banning mass gatherings due Covid-19, organizers of such events are taking matters into their own hands for the public good.