People over 45 years of age will need to have two doses of the covid-19 vaccine to make interprovincial trips, Health Minister Hernando Cevallos announced today, announcing the agreements adopted in the Council of Ministers.
Cevallos commented, however, that this measure will only be required within a month to allow time for people in this age range not yet immunized to receive the first dose and 21 days later the second dose.
“Although the vaccine is voluntary, no one has the right to infect others. If one travels in an interprovincial bus, generally several hours, the person who sits next to you should have less chance of infecting you,” he said at a press conference after the Council of Ministers.
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The minister stressed that unvaccinated people have a greater chance of infecting those around them. “For the protection of those over 45, within a period of one month, it will be required to have the two doses to travel in interprovincial buses.”
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In the same way, the Minister of Health reported that since November 15, health sector workers must have full vaccination to carry out their work in person, due to the high risk of contagion of covid and its variants.
– Later, the Minister of Health reported that this Thursday, October 14, he will meet with the rectors of the different universities in the country to evaluate the restart of face-to-face classes.-
Cevallos commented that in said meeting the protocol that could allow the resumption of classes, provided that biosafety and social distancing measures are complied with, among other actions that prevent the spread of covid-19.
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Cevallos recalled that currently the curfew begins at 1:00 am and said that the reduction of the time of this restriction is due to the fact that the country’s provinces are today at a moderate risk level against covid-19.
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Posted on: 10/13/2021
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