General News

This season’s flu shots will arrive in Jalisco two weeks behind schedule, in the second or third week of October, Public Health Director Mario Márquez Amezcua confirmed this week.

After meeting with Treasury Ministry officials, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has accepted tha federal funding for this state will be slashed by US$178 million in 2020 in line with the austerity measures promoted by President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador.

While Jalisco health authorities have not detected the presence of a dengue epidemic in Lake Chapala’s north shore corridor, they warn that the area is considered vulnerable to a massive outbreak due to its proximity to metro-area Guadalajara where the so-called “bone-breaker” disease is rampant.

A California-based company has been chosen to be the technical supplier for Jalisco’s revamped emissions testing program.

The federal Health Secretary Thursday confirmed 13 deaths from dengue in the state of Jalisco, with another 26 potential fatalities from the disease still under investigation.

The Jalisco State Congress has approved the first step in Governor Enrique Alfaro’s bid to create a new Constitution for Jalisco, one of his key campaign promises.

According to state authorities, approximately 830 homes in the Jalisco municipalities of Cihuatlán, La Huerta, Tomatlán and Puerto Vallarta were affected by flooding during the passing of tropical storm Narda up the Pacific coastline late Sunday and early Monday.

Category One Hurricane Lorena caused considerable damage in various Jalisco and Colima communities during its passage along the Pacific Coast Thursday.