The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Even though children as young as 5 years of age are getting anti Covid jabs in many countries, Mexico is not considering including anyone under 15 years of age in its inoculation program, Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell confirmed this week.
Throughout the first week of January Mexican bakeries and grocery outlets are stocked with Rosca de Reyes, the traditional crown-shaped breads decorated with jewel-like candied fruits that is shared among families and friends to celebrate the Kings Day holiday.
Nothing from the garden says Merry Christmas more brilliantly that the scarlet-hued beauty known most commonly in Mexico as the Flor de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Flower).
Between January and November, Mexican authorities detained a record number of migrants — just over a quarter of a million, according to data from the Migration Policy Unit (UPM), a division of the Interior Ministry (Gobernación).
Inflation may have been a worldwide phenomenon in 2021 (as this country’s president is eager to point out; see story page one), but that’s of little comfort to the millions of Mexicans struggling to make their pay packets cover the basic necessities of life.
Despite some flight cancellations triggered by the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the United States, Mexico’s tourism sector ended 2021 on a high, with visitor numbers closing in on pre-pandemic levels.
Scientists are working hard to ascertain whether two shots of Covid-19 vaccine will continue to offer protection against severe disease caused by the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant that is spreading rapidly throughout the world.
The central plaza in San Antonio Tlaycapan is dressed up for the Christmas season with a life-size nativity scene illuminated with white lights set up in the bandstand (kiosko).
As the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant spreads rapidly worldwide, Mexico has confirmed just 23 cases.
