Puerto Vallarta joins National Vaccination Week as measles and whooping-cough cases climb

PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — After a year-long pause, Mexico’s National Vaccination Week returns on April 26 and runs through May 3, aiming to shore up the country’s faltering immunization rates and curb fresh outbreaks of measles and whooping cough. Puerto Vallarta’s Eighth Health Region confirmed that community modules and public hospitals across the bay will once again offer free shots throughout the eight-day push.​