Classes will continue virtually in the six cantons of Tulcán that passed the yellow traffic light

TOULCAN

Carchi is one of the provinces with the highest vaccination coverage at the national level, 90%, it was indicated.

For this reason, the six cantons that the province has passed to a yellow epidemiological traffic light, according to the announcement of Saturday the 22nd of the national COE.

However, the Luis Gabriel Dávila sentinel hospital that treats COVID-19 cases went from receiving six and eight patients to 49 with possible symptoms, said manager David Tarapués.

In Tulcán, an immunization point was activated in the Major Galo Molina Infantry Battalion, in Montúfar, the second most populous canton. Here, the nightlife sites will continue to be closed for seven more days and the municipality has provided three points for free printing of vaccination certificates.

In San Pedro de Huaca, on the other hand, work was suspended and few officials will even work remotely, after 15 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed. This, because there are 11 officials at the moment in isolation.

The sanitary traffic lights that the cantons in Ecuador will have from January 24 to 30, and the measures that govern them

The mayor of Huaca Armando Paillacho said that he made this resolution so that officials and workers charged with vacations do not attend between January 19 and 25, to avoid the proliferation of more infections. Only strategic dependencies work with strict compliance with biosafety measures, such as drinking water and garbage collection; while personnel from the Municipal Police Station enforce the national provisions.

Regarding face-to-face classes, in the six cantons they will continue virtually during the last week of the first five months, despite the fact that they have now passed to a yellow traffic light, where parents can decide whether to voluntarily send their children to physical classrooms.

Next week, students will take intermediate vacations, it added.

In Imbabura, the cantonal COE will hold a meeting to define the new measures

The cantons Pimampiro, Antonio Ante, Cotacachi and Urcuqui are now at the green traffic light for the sanitary epidemiological risk presented by the national COE, on the afternoon of Saturday 22.

While Ibarra and Otavalo, the most populous cantons of Imbabura, appear on the yellow traffic light list. In these last two cantons, the cantonal Emergency Operations Committees (cantonal COE) will meet this Monday 24 to define possible new resolutions, once the national COE pronounced on Saturday 22. (I)