According to government authorities, there is an increase in cases and mortality associated with the coronavirus.
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) went from exhorting to demand to the decentralized autonomous governments (GADs) to apply, in their territories, measures requested by the Ministry of Health, for the Christmas and Old Year festivities.
Juan Zapata, president of the national COE, He said that they are concerned about what may happen on the holidays regarding the health situation.
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Jose Ruales, Vice Minister of Governance and Health Surveillance of the Ministry of Public Health, reported that in the last four weeks there is a slight increase in the number of cases. Went from 1,294 weekly cases to 2,918.
Ruals argued that this increase has occurred especially in the provinces of Pichincha, Guayas, Manabí and El Oro and By total population, new cases occur in those in which there are lower vaccination rates such as Morona Santiago, Napo, Cañar and Cotopaxi.
With respect to mortality for Ruales there is no significant increase while the positivity it has gone from 4.3%, to 12.5% and to 15.4%.
After a meeting of the national COE, the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, raised capacity limitations as follows:
– 50% in convention centers for dinners, corporate lunches, reception rooms, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and the like, tolerance centers, with a mandatory two-dose vaccination certificate and compliance with biosecurity measures.
–75% in markets, supermarkets, with compliance with biosecurity measures; shopping malls, religious centers, fairs, with presentation of a vaccination certificate with two doses from the age of 12, compliance with biosafety measures; Beaches with hours of use from 06:00 to 18:00.
In public spaces bans events such as concerts, children’s shows, processions, novenas, festivals of old years or burns, popular festivals.
The sale and consumption of alcohol in public spaces.
He asked the citizens to attend vaccination points to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
In December 2020 there was a state of exception that included several restrictions
Zapata indicated that the measures would govern the Friday, December 17 and until Monday, January 3.
“We are going to forget the word exhortation, there is a higher good that we have to take care of, which is the health and life of Ecuadorians and Today we demand that on the basis of their competences (to the Gad’s) comply with these guidelines of this resolution of the national COE ”, expressed Zapata.
He mentioned that as of December 17, the Police Quartermaster They will not issue permits for public events but those who obtained them before will be able to do so.
According to Zapata, in addition to the fact that no permits will be issued, the Police and municipalities They will carry out controls through operations.
The official added that no vehicle restrictions have been generated in the national axes and trunk lines, so there will be free mobility.
In a radio interview, Zapata recalled that the last year a Exception status With which there was mobility restriction to avoid extended family reunions, which he indicated, was an oxygen in January 2021.
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