Despite the complicated economic environment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Jalisco managed to create 6,755 new jobs during the month of January, putting it in third place nationwide for job creation with a total of 44,487 new formal jobs carved out between August 2020 and January 2021.
The containment measures that the Jalisco State government mandated on January 16 - the last to be taken under the Jalisco COVID-19 Plan - will be lifted on Saturday, February 13. However, there will be some measures that will not change, such as social distancing and the use of face masks.
Hass avocado exports from the Mexican state of Jalisco grew 17% in 2020 in spite of the global economic crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ignacio Gómez, director of Jalisco grower-exporter association Apeajal, told El Economista that 112,000 tonnes of avocado were shipped to 21 countries.
Mexican health regulator COFEPRIS on Tuesday authorized Russia's Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, for emergency use. In a morning news conference, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said Mexico's contract provided for 7.4 million doses between February and April, with more due in May.
Money sent home by migrants rose 11.4% in 2020 to a new high despite the coronavirus pandemic, Mexico's central bank reported. The $40.6 billion sent home to Mexico in 2020 was equivalent to the combined entire budgets of the Mexican government's education, health, labor, welfare and culture departments.
Due to the high rate of coronavirus infections and Covid-related deaths in the State of Jalisco, on Friday, January 29, Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez announced that the containment measures that were mandated on January 16, and scheduled to end on January 31, will be extended until Friday, February 12.
February 5th is Mexican Constitution Day, commemorating the day the Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos was signed in 1917. Nowadays, the official observance is on the first Monday in February, which in 2021 is on the 1st, so everyone can enjoy a long weekend.
Mexico's just-completed census puts the country's population at 126 million people, and finds it a bit older, better educated and more connected to the internet, officials announced Monday. The every-decade census carried out last year raised the total count from 114 million in 2010.
Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, who will turn 81 on Thursday, has suffered from Covid-19 with 'minor symptoms' for more than a week, according to his son, Carlos Slim Domit. For his part, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is reportedly 'well and strong' after testing positive for the virus.
Given that the U.S. government requires all international airline passengers to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test before boarding flights to the country, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) is installing temporary testing laboratories in each of the twelve airports it operate in Mexico.
