Public institutions will have a capacity of 30% in cantons at a red light.
This Sunday afternoon, the National COE announced the health situation facing the country in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vice Minister of Public Health, José Ruales, indicated that the second week of January was the one that registered the highest number of infections since the start of the pandemic.
While in the week of Christmas 4,000 were registered, in New Year’s there were 8,000; In the first week of January there were 15,000 cases, but this week there were 42,000 infected. This is a figure that exceeds almost three times the infections of the previous week. All this as a result of crowds, parties, shopping, among others. One of the provinces with the highest number of cases is Guayas.
With 42,000 infections, the second week of January is the worst since the pandemic began
Given this, a health traffic light system was established by cantons due to their situation in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These are the provisions that will be in force during the week of January 17 to 23:
- Canton traffic lights: Given the exponential increase in recent weeks and the positivity rate, the cantons were located according to a new scheme to guarantee the provision of health services. This is how only two cantons are at risk (green), 26 cantons at medium risk (yellow) and 193 at high risk (red).
These are the cantons of Ecuador that will not have face-to-face classes because they are at a red light
- I exhort Municipal Decentralized Autonomous Governments to issue regulations to comply with risk strata for the various activities between January 17 and 23:
| Activities | Low risk | medium risk | High risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| essentials | Capacity 75% | Capacity 50% | Capacity 30% (time restriction) |
| non-essential | Capacity 75% | Capacity 50% | Capacity 30% (home service) |
| Outdoor | Capacity 75% | Capacity 50% | Capacity 30% (controlled activities) |
- Ministry of Labor communicates the restriction of people who can work in person in accordance with the risk scheme. The strategic sectors are exempt from this provision and the institutions will adopt the necessary measures to guarantee the provision of public services. The State Portfolio established the following capacity:
| Traffic lights | capacity |
|---|---|
| Verde | 75% |
| Yellow | 50% |
| Red | 30% |
- Application of class schedule for basic and preschool education during the week of January 17 to 23, 2022 according to traffic lights. This is how the modality of classes will be telematics at a red light, in yellow they will be able to go to educational establishments only with the authorization of their families and vaccinated, in addition to the respective capacity, and in green they will be allowed to return to face-to-face classes with reduced capacity and complying biosafety protocols. (I)
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