The municipal government has been coordinating efforts with the Jalisco Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works to ensure that the reconstruction of the Insurgentes street bridge, which connected downtown Puerto Vallarta with the Romantic Zone but collapsed after the passage of Hurricane Nora, will be completed by no later than March.
Important date change! COVID Boosters (3rd dose) for adults over 60, and second shots for those over 18 years of age who received the first dose of AstraZeneca in October 2021, will now be administered at the La Lija Sports Center in Puerto Vallarta from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thursday, January 13 and Friday, January 14, 2022.
Although there will be no closures in Jalisco, due to the exponential growth of Covid-19, as of Friday, January 14 a vaccination certificate will be required to enter bars, clubs, event rooms, casinos and convention centers, as well as large events until February 12, 2022.
As of Tuesday, January 11, the COVID-19 laboratory at the University of Guadalajara Puerto Vallarta Campus, Centro Universitario de la Costa, will reopen and resume offering free PCR tests on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8-10 am. The lab will attend up to 60 people per day by appointment, which can be made via the Call Center at 333-540-3001.
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The dates for the vaccination clinics in Puerto Vallarta that were tentatively scheduled for next week have been confirmed. On Wednesday, the head of the eighth health region, Jaime Álvarez Zayas, announced that the sessions will be from Monday, January 10th through Thursday the 13th, divided into two stages.
A study led by the Centro Universitario de la Costa Department of Medical Sciences at the Universidad de Guadalajara in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, explored the association between severity of COVID-19 symptoms and habitual food intake in adult outpatients. The study shows the importance of a healthy diet in times of Covid-19.
Jalisco on Monday received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines of the year. The Jalisco Health Secretariat reported that there are almost 400,000 doses that will be used as reinforcements. Here in Puerto Vallarta, booster shots will be available to health personnel on January 5, and more vaccination clinics are pending for next week.
In December 2021, the Puerto Vallarta International Airport welcomed 2,432 flights, an increase of 49% over 2020 & 15% over 2019, setting a record for the number of tourist arrivals. Hotel occupancy reached 81%, up 26% over 2020, when 49% of rooms were booked.
Due to numerous consumer complaints of holiday 'price jacking' by 'traditional' taxi drivers, the leaders of the Puerto Vallarta taxi union have developed a system that allows users to make complaints, get refunds and see that the drivers are punished. There's also an app that enables you to order a taxi and see the established rates that are set by the state authorities.
