The Minister of Defense, Jorge Chávez Cresta, recognized that it was an error that, after the flexibility that followed the end of the general quarantine at the national level, many citizens thought that it would be possible to return “to the normality of our customs.” For the minister, the restrictions should have been continued “from the family nucleus.”
“He Ministry of Health has reported that there has been a growth trend, not only in Lima, but in different regions, as a consequence of these family reunions. What has to be done are adjustments by means of this supreme decree, not only in the aspects of family reunions, but also in the growth trend that exists with the affectation of children, in the sense of restricting their movement so that activities are within the framework of security, “he explained.
In dialogue with RPP News, the minister asked to remember that “children touch everything” and can become a transmitter of the virus. In this sense, he warned that many people believe that when they meet their family nucleus they are in “a safe zone”, “which is a mistake.”
Faced with this situation, Chávez reported that the Ministry of Defence will reinforce the Plan Tayta at the national level, which prioritizes primary care and identifies affected families with COVID-19 to support them during the isolation process and prevent them from spreading.
“We have done the measurement, for example, in Cajamarca: the degree of decrease and incidence has been between 30 and 40%, and in other places it is also giving results. I believe that primary care is essential to prevent population migration. for care because it is reaching the limit of hospital capacity, “he said.
Second, the minister indicated that during the curfew and compulsory social immobilization the Armed forces and the Policeman They will carry out a patrol in several areas to detect meetings and concentration of people who gather to carry out activities that are not allowed.
“We this weekend, together with him Ministry of Interior and the National Police, We are going to be very tough in the sense of compliance with the rules so that from early in the morning they cannot breach the provisions given in the supreme decree, “he said.
Similarly, Chávez Cresta mentioned that the Armed forces strengthen their support for National Police of Peru in the interventions to certain places where the crime incidence “is very hot; that is, it has increased and has been affecting the residents in a very violent way.”
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