Non-essential activities will be closed in Puebla due to the growth of COVID-19 infections
Bulletin 401220
-The closing will be for 14 days; that is, from December 29 to January 11 of this year, indicated the governor
-There is uncontrolled behavior, he regretted
CITY OF PUEBLA, Pue.- Derived from the exponential growth in the number of infections and people hospitalized by COVID-19, the State Government restricts non-essential activities for 14 days, that is, from December 29, 2020 to January 11, 2021, this as a measure to combat the chain of contagions of this disease.
In his message, Governor Miguel Barbosa Huerta regretted that during this holiday period there is uncontrolled behavior, in addition to the fact that establishments and shopping centers have not respected the allowed quota, coupled with street commerce and overwhelmed mobility.
In this sense, he urged the 217 city councils in the state to take the corresponding actions to avoid the installation of street vendors, since this type of commerce generates close contact between people who come to buy.
Segob calls mayors to act responsibly
Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Interior, David Méndez Márquez reiterated the call to the 217 mayors, especially those of the metropolitan area, to act responsibly within the framework of their powers in caring for the life and health of the inhabitants of their municipalities.
He also asked society to contribute to this maximum alert, in the battle against COVID-19, by pointing out that no one should be left out of this effort; He stressed that the Community Pact is in force, so it is necessary to resume it with greater discipline to cut the chain of infections.
In turn, the undersecretary of Transparency and Digital Government, Jesús Ramírez Díaz reported that the monitoring traffic light registers an upward trend in four of the six regions in which the state is divided to make this measurement.
He indicated that the capital of the state, which is region 3, is in orange with an upward trend, which represents a high risk of COVID-19 infections.
He specified that regions 2, 4 and 5 with headwaters in Tehuacán, Tecamachalco and Zacatlán, are located in yellow, but with an upward trend; while regions 1 and 6 of Izúcar de Matamoros and Teziutlán, respectively, are also in yellow, but stable.
Regarding the restriction on public transportation, the Undersecretary of Transportation, Yassir Vazquez Hernandez He specified that the service is suspended from 8:30 p.m. and until 5:30 a.m., including applications such as Uber, Cabify and Didi, as well as the three lines of the Urban Articulated Transport Network (RUTA), but clarified that the transfer of medical and administrative personnel from hospitals is guaranteed.
The Secretary of Economy, Olivia Salomón, pointed out that the measure to restrict non-essential economic activities seeks to break the chains of COVID-19 contagion, especially in the metropolitan area.
For his part, the Secretary of Public Security, Raciel López Salazar confirmed that the work of the State Cybernetic Police will continue to detect massive events, in order to accompany the General Coordination of State Civil Protection to enforce the guidelines issued by the decree, in strict adherence to respect for Human Rights, and recalled that in recent days 18 recommendations were carried out at private parties and five mass public events were canceled, including the closure of a bar.
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