Initially it was announced that the route would be through Huayna Cápac avenue. Event is organized every December 24th.
Cuenca
Despite the fact that the religious authorities of the city have already announced that this year the Child Traveler Pass will be held on Huayna Cápac Avenue, a last-minute offer will allow the largest religious and cultural procession in Cuenca to take place through the Historic Center .
The final decision will be made next Wednesday.
The first to alert on the issue was the mayor of Cuenca, Pedro Palacios, who wrote on his Twitter account: “We will create the necessary conditions to maintain the traditional route of the Child Pass through Simón Bolívar Street.”
With a change in the route and biosecurity measures, in Cuenca they are getting ready for the Child Traveler Pass, on December 24
This is due to the fact that the organizers decided to move the celebration to another site, arguing that the crowding of people could generate possible COVID-19 infections.
On the subject, the local archbishop, Monsignor Marcos Pérez, said that this announcement is a good intention of the mayor that will be confirmed next Wednesday at the local session of the cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE).
“Always the fear that there was on the part of the civil authorities themselves was the agglomeration that could be generated if it was done in a narrow street. So they presented the difficulty themselves, not us, ”said Monsignor Pérez.
In fact, Simón Bolívar Street, where the Pass was made until before the pandemic, is approximately eight feet wide, while Huayna Cápac, as an avenue, is four times larger.
This event of faith and culture usually brings together thousands of people every year who parade non-stop from 09:00 to 16:00. It takes place on December 24.
The religious asked them to leave without fear of contagion, but without generating exaggerated crowds.
One of the aspects that they will take into account, according to Pérez, is the evolution of positive cases of coronavirus after the holiday in early November.
On this aspect, the zonal coordinator 6 of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported this Friday morning that there have been more cases.
Between November 1 and 7, 7 infections were reported, but currently, from November 15 to 19, it grew to 30 new infections. They are all insulated at home.
Also this week from the Catholic University of Cuenca the presence of 14 infected, two teachers and 12 students was confirmed.
With the image of the Traveler Child, a flight was made in Cuenca
These figures alert you but not to a great extent, as you will expect to know the numbers for the coming weeks.
The Health Coordinator invited the population to continue vaccinating in the first and second doses, but also with the booster.
According to their statistics, 76% of the local population is immunized, ranging from five-year-olds to older adults. (I)
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