In Quito, the control of the anti-COVID-19 vaccination document began to use urban public transport.
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) will meet this Saturday to analyze the health situation in Ecuador against COVID-19.
That body, which is made up of several ministers and state bodies, established last Sunday the 16th a health traffic light system by cantons due to its complicated reality in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was also announced that the face-to-face classes will be suspended this week in the 193 cantons of the country that are at a red light, whose situation is of greater risk.
Initially the session was going to take place this Friday, but Juan Zapata, president of the national COE, indicated that at the request of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) it will be on Saturday, to have More information about the situation.
With 42,000 infections, the second week of January is the worst since the pandemic began
With preliminary information, the Government had stated that during the second week of January 2022 the mayor number of infections since the start of the pandemic: 42.000.
The cases of contagion have been increasing exponentially, Well, while in the week of Christmas 2021 there were 4,000 registered, in New Year there were 8,000 and in the first week of January there were 15,000 cases.
During a television interview, Zapata updated the figure, which is located at 45,313 cases in the second week of January.
Zapata considered that perhaps some cantons, if their epidemiological situation improvement, they could change from red to yellow or green and, he added, according to that, the definitions will be taken.
In cantons like Guayaquil It was decided that classes will continue to be suspended for 30 days, as announced on January 14, while the Municipality of Quito proposed to analyze the establishments municipal educational continue in virtual classes until the end of the quinquemester.
COE of Guayaquil ratifies that face-to-face classes will continue to be suspended in the canton for 30 days; there will be sanctions for establishments that do not comply with the provision
Meanwhile, in the capital of the Republic, this Friday, January 21, the control of the vaccination document against COVID-19 to use public transportation. In a preliminary balance for municipal authorities, the most users carry the document although there are certain people who do not have it, so they cannot access that service. Several passengers showed their inoculation card that they physically had it.
At La Marín sector, in the historic center, a control operation was also carried out so that the 50% capacity in the transport units is respected, which governs the hours from 06:00 to 09:30 and from 16:00 to 21:00, as well as the use suitable for the mask.
Quito was declared in red alert from January 18 to 25, day in which there will be a new meeting of the metropolitan COE to analyze the local epidemiological report.
Paul is a talented author and journalist with a passion for entertainment and general news. He currently works as a writer at the 247 News Agency, where he has established herself as a respected voice in the industry.
