The Municipality of Quito carried out controls of capacity and use of masks in public transport units.
“Vaccination card and the identity card, please “. That was the order that was being made this Thursday outside the Mall Mall El Jardín, which is located in the north of Quito, to allow entry to the establishment.
Many rushed to search the document in their wallets, while others did it digitally through their mobile phones.
Some people like Mercedes Regalado, 72They did not take it with them and his cell phone did not allow him to search for it on the website of the Ministry of Public Health, so he returned home to bring it.
For her It was a surprise that they are requesting that document, as he indicated that until yesterday they did not ask for it.
“I agree, very good. Citizens believe that there is no longer any danger with the virus, quite the contrary, “he mentioned.
She is in favor of asking her to enter the restaurants, shops, markets, places where there may be agglomeration.
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In the center of Quito, meanwhile, municipal entities carried out controls on the new capacity in public transport after the decision of the Municipality of Quito to reduce it from 100% to 75% due to the increase in COVID-19 infections.
Officials of the Metropolitan Control Agency (AMC) they got on several buses to ask passengers and drivers to apply biosecurity measures such as the use of the mask and that they use it properly.
A driver who did not use it on his nose was told of the initiation of an administrative act, which is a process by which he could be sanctioned for committing an offense.
The operations were carried out in the La Marín sector, one of the areas with the highest traffic in Quito, with the support of the Fire Department, Control agents, the Metropolitan Transit Agency.
Wellington Sánchez, chief operating officer of the AMC, argued that controls are carried out randomly in different parts of the city in order to prevent the development of the new omicron variant.
“We are having quite a bit of difficulty since citizens are relaxing too much, especially at this time of year, ”he said.
Sánchez mentioned that The Municipality does not verify the vaccination certificates since that is the responsibility of each establishment or each place where a citizen is going to enter.
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The Association of Restaurants of Pichincha (Agrepi), which groups some 600 establishments, considers that it is not constitutional to ask for the vaccination certificate.
Diego Vivero, spokesperson director of the unionHe indicated that they reserve the right to request it from their clients, but for him it is not something for which they can be sanctioned.
believes that the government should force it If you consider it essential for public procedures.
“We can hardly ask for a vaccination certificate as an obligation; Yes, we can do it if we consider it appropriate ”, indicated Vivero.
Added that last August an analysis was done and it was agreed with the Municipality of Quito that if certain medical indices were given, the alerts would be modified and they would go towards a green alert or an orange alert. The Quito council decided to move to an orange alert, which changed the capacity.
He asked to be given the data to justify that alert change from yellow to orange, but that the inoculation component is also considered.
Nursery added that if they have to go down the gauges, they will do it because that was their commitment.
In some malls As the San Luis Shopping, which is located in the canton Rumiñahui, in Pichincha, there was control of the vaccination certificate is physical or virtual.
Cristina Moshenek, Manager of Corporate Affairs of DK Corporation, mentioned that in the shopping centers operated by DK Management, such as San Luis, they are adopting the measures dictated by the local authorities of each city where they operate. They have nine such establishments in Quito, Guayaquil, Manta, among other cities.
People who went to buy in that place commented who did not have the document they would not let him enter.
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