For the medical union, closed spaces are at the highest risk of contagion of the coronavirus and ventilation is key.
While the vaccination plan against him coronavirus progress and only in December a herd immunity is expected with the 85% coverage of the population, gauges in closed places They have been increasing, which is contradictory, according to doctors.
As of Monday, October 11, the capacity allowed for the development of work activities in face-to-face mode, it increased from 50 % al 70 %, as decided by the national Emergency Operations Committee (COE).
As of June, the capacity had passed from 30 % al 50 %, while since July 1, the 2/14 plan is applied for the public sector, which has received the two doses against the coronavirus and 14 days have passed since the last injection or for those who received a single dose abroad .
According Miguel Garcia, President of the Federation of Public servers, The 40% capacity has not been exceeded, shifts are made but all the workers are never there and it is happening customer service priority.
About the presence He argued that the decision was left to the authorities of the respective institution.
Several entities of the Executive function are located in the northern government platform, where there are about 3,500 state servers; on the southern platform, about 2,800.
In the north they work 18 public entities, including the Internal Revenue Service (SRI), BanEcuador, IESS Bank, BEDE.
At south there are 13 entities of the social sector such as the ministries of Health, Urban Development, Civil Registry, Economic and Social Inclusion.
With the start of the 2/14 plan there was a slight increase in public servants in some State entities
For Garcia, they have become more flexible minimal controls on the north platform.
This newspaper consulted Real Estate on how the progressive return to work face-to-face with the increase in capacity since October 11 on the north and south platforms, in Quito.
Through an email, the entity replied that the progressive return to face-to-face work on the north and south platforms in Quito is in charge of each of public entities found in these. “Our function, as Technical Secretariat for Real Estate Management of the Public Sector, is to manage the use and administration of properties,” added the entity.
Garcia mentioned that teleworking does make you uncomfortable to the people in their home, as the provisions of the law that establish the right to disconnect are not being complied with.
But the capacity in the buses interprovincial and school, stadiums and closed venues it has been changing as well.
According to the Ministry of Culture, the COE approved the holding of massive cultural events, such as concerts, in roofed open spaces with a capacity of 60%. It will come into effect from October 30, 2021.
The organizers must guarantee entry pre-sale mechanisms with identification and as a sales requirement vaccination certificate or negative PCR test.
In addition, the theater, dance, cinema and other cultural activities that take place in closed spaces they will have a 75% capacity, indicated that State portfolio.
On September 24, the request of the Ministry of Education was authorized, regarding the suggested increase in capacity in the school transportation from 50% to 75%. For this purpose, the COE indicated, the suggested capacity must be respected without exceeding the capacity of the transport units and in compliance with biosafety protocols; while on September 20 there was an increase in capacity in the interprovincial transport from 75% to 100%.
In addition, the application of the protocol presented by LigaPro for the development of sporting events corresponding to date 11 with a capacity suggested from 50 %.
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For Fernando Sacoto, president of the Ecuadorian Society of Public Health, A complete vaccination test or negative PCR test should be requested to enter these spaces in reference to stadiums and cultural activities.
What’s more respect physical distancing, remembering that closed spaces are of greater risk.
“Hence it is contradictory that a greater capacity on those sites. Ventilation is key in all cases due to the known fact of the transmission of the virus by aerosols”, Mentioned the doctor. (I)
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