The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
As the task of inoculating around 200,000 teachers and administrative personnel continued this week through May 4, the Jalisco government wasted no time in outlining its strategy to get students back in classrooms speedily and safely.
The pitaya season is now in full swing. The cactus fruit enjoys a six-week harvest in Techaluta, Jalisco, and surrounding municipalities.
Chapala was chosen as one of 13 venues for inoculations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus scheduled April 28 through May 4 for teachers and administrative staff of Jalisco’s public and private educational institutions.
Even though more than 80 percent of Jalisco’s over-60s population has received a first dose of the Covid vaccine, state authorities are advising families to eschew large Mother’s Day parties on May 10.
Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez says he expects the federal government to declare a drought emergency in Jalisco, with extreme dry conditions currently affecting 68 percent of the state.
Jalisco is one of only six of Mexico’s 32 states to be listed in the green (low-risk) category on the current bimonthly traffic-light monitoring system for epidemiological risk (Semáforo de riesgo epidemiológico).
Friday, April 16, saw the start of Covid vaccinations for people over 60 living in indigenous communities located in the northern region of Jalisco, specifically in the municipality of Mezquitic.
Chapala, Ocotlán, and Ciudad Guzmán are the three Jalisco municipalities outside the Guadalajara metro area that have yet to be scheduled for the second application of inoculations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus for seniors over age 60.
Two former police officers from the Jalisco municipality of Tecalitlán have been sentenced to 50 years in prison for their involvement in the disappearance of three Italians in January 2018.