With a COVID-19 case trend down, the government updated the epidemiological traffic light and made resolutions for the school activities in Ecuador.
The Education Minister Maria Brownannounced that the provisions for the Sierra-Amazon regime, since February 7, are to return to normal attendance or what he called normalization of the educational system for high schools at the national level, single-teacher, dual-teacher and multi-teacher institutions, and for those from first grade to third grade in the rural zones.
He added that capacity will remain reduced at 2.25 square meters per person and voluntary assistance only for students in basic elementary and basic middle from first grade to seventh grade in educational institutions classified as urban.
Brown added that those urban institutions with students from first grade to seventh grade, when the grade or course has reached 85% of the students vaccinated with the two doses, they will be able to offer the presence in the normal way.
For the under 5 years old, Attendance continues to be voluntary with capacity of 2.25 square meters per person at green and yellow traffic lights and with a maximum capacity of 50% and distancing at the red light.
The official maintained that once it starts, the second week of February, vaccination of infants under 5 years of age, the measures will be adjusted.
Coast and Galapagos
For him Costa-Galapagos regime, and until March 11which is the end date of the 2021-2022 school year, the guidelines of January 22 will be maintained, that is, in yellow and green traffic light All educational institutions must offer the face-to-face option in all their degrees or courses.
For that regimen, When the grade or course has exceeded 85% of its students vaccinated with two doses, the educational institutions may, in agreement with the families, have face-to-face attendance of all students.
Currently there 12,455 institutions of the 16,290 that exist that have authorization to use the facilities and a percentage of 33% of students who attend in person. At the national level there 4.3 million students.
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John Zapatachairman of the Emergency Operations Committee national EOC, said that the infections, the positivity rate, hospitalization, intensive care units They have a clear downward trend.
Zapata argued that 91% of the cantons nationally is in yellow and green traffic light with capacities of 50%, 75%, 85% and up to 100%.
He added that it is requested Higher Education Council to issue a provision so that there is a capacity in green traffic light for universities of 100% face-to-face, in yellow and red, voluntary assistance with a capacity of 1.5 square meters per person.
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Also, let there be a 100% capacity of workers in the public sector of the institutions of the Executive Function for the cantons that are in green, a maximum capacity of 75% for cantons in yellow and a capacity of fifty % for the cantons in red.
The measure will be applied from Thursday, February 3 and until Tuesday, February 8 when will there be a new evaluation. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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