In the commercial sector, the requirement of the certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 is applied in various ways in Guayaquil and Quito

Certificate and vaccination certificate with both doses were the requirements to enter yesterday morning at the San Marino shopping center, in the north of Guayaquil. There a line of more than 20 people was formed outdoors, between workers and visitors, starting at 11:00.

Like this shopping center, in other shops and businesses in Guayaquil such as supermarkets they also asked for the vaccination card when entering, those who had presented and those who were not warned that from Monday it was going to be mandatory, that they could no longer be to forget.

In other shopping centers in the north of Guayaquil and on the Malecón Simón Bolívar they were still allowing entry without presenting a license. In the case of the latter place, it was indicated that because it was an open space there was no such requirement.

And in the case of shopping centers, they alerted people that the Ministry of Health made vaccination mandatory to avoid more cases of COVID-19 in Ecuador and that by disposition of the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) from the next week will require that this document be shown on a mandatory basis.

In a meeting held by the national COE last Tuesday, the obligatory nature of the vaccination certificate or card with the complete scheme (two doses) in people over 12 years of age was resolved. This will be put into practice in public places (shopping centers, cinemas, restaurants, others), in addition to strict compliance with the biosecurity measures already in place.

In San Marino, some workers asked family members to download the vaccination certificate and send it to them through the WhatsApp application because they did not carry the card.

In Quito

A Clarita Pazmiño, 47, and his two children They asked for the COVID-19 vaccination certificate to be able to enter the Mall Quicentro Shopping, in the north of Quito.

One of his sons was not wearing it digitally so he had to scan it into a QR code that had been placed outside the establishment.

It seemed important to her and necessary the requirement of the document in order to control inoculation and, above all, after the appearance of the new omicron variant.

Vaccinated with both doses, he was waiting for reinforcement.

He mentioned that it was from Guaranda, province of Bolívar, and was visiting Quito. But it was not only in that place that they were asked for proof of having been immunized.

On December 24 they went to eat at a burgers where a person, in addition to taking their temperature, was the one who, using a cell phone, entered the system of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), did the verification and they entered.

In that mall although it was not requested a document that guarantees identity of who presented the certificate, it was asked to disclose the number of the citizenship card and it was compared with the one displayed, whether physical or digital.

There were people who they were not allowed access for not carrying the document of having been immunized.

In a route carried out by this newspaper by shopping centers and supermarkets north of Quito it was found that the requirement to request the document of having been immunized is not applied unanimously.

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At Iñaquito shopping center too it was requested vaccination card, otherwise you could not enter, but do not request an identity card. One of the guards commented that he began to require it since yesterday.

At the entrance the temperature was measured. When walking through the corridors, a recorded message from wear a mask, apply social distancing, wash hands.

At the entrance to the commercial premises there are signs that indicate what is the maximum capacity.

A sign posted on a glass door of the unicorn mall It warned: “Only vaccinated in shopping centers.” Below, a message: “Municipalities (Police) will control which establishments request the vaccination certificate.” A couple of people preferred not to enter the site.

At Caracol shopping center was not requested no document.

The visitor who was going to enter the place placed the hand on an automatic detector temperature and could enter.

In the commercial premises of the interior the maximum capacity that could be received.

At food courtWhere there were few open places before noon, the vaccination certificate was not required. The dependent of one of them maintained that this was done upon admission.

At CCNU Shopping Center There was also no request for presentation of the document.

Upon admission, alcohol in hands and a machine read the temperature. The customer put his hand on a reader and after a few seconds a recorded voice said “normal temperature” and the value could be read.

At Santa Maria supermarket there was the request to present the card or vaccination certificate, but it was not verified that the carrier is that same person.

In other supermarkets located within shopping centers not requested the vaccination document, as in My Commissariat.

Since last December 23, it is mandatory to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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According to the InPichincha Police trend, Vaccination certificate control operations have been carried out since December 23 and the planning was to carry them out until the 31st.

So indicated Washington Casamen, Mayor of Pichincha.

For control, according to Juan Zapata, president of the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) national, the Ministerial Agreement 0069 of the Government portfolio that regulates the establishments of attention to the public will be applied.

Article 21 numeral 10 of the serious offenses refers to failing to comply with one or more safety, prevention and hygiene measures (that is, sanitary measures, according to Zapata) required by law and its regulations.

The penalty for a serious offense is suspension of activity and the closure of the establishment for up to fifteen days.

According to the Ministry of Government, Morona Santiago It was the only province that presented news where there was a suspension of economic activity due to lack of biosafety measures. (I)