The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in the middle of a conference with governors and mayors from all over the country on the balance of the Covid-19 announced this Saturday three phases of easing the quarantine in the South American country.
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“For this week that runs from July 13 to 19, we have decreed three levels of quarantine easing. 1. Radical quarantine because there is a dangerous focus; 2. Partial and guarded easing, because there is no focus; 3. General easing of sectors that have been decided “, announced the head of state.
President Maduro reiterated that the measure is taken to protect the people in the midst of the pandemic, “we have to guarantee hospital capacity, every Venezuelan who has the Covid-19 has to be hospitalized. We must also guarantee medications, diagnostic tests” he added.
For her part, the nation’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, explained in detail the levels of flexibility in some parts of the country, “in radical quarantine the scheme is maintained in the state of Zulia due to the focus, as well as in all the border municipalities, El Vigía and Cumaná. Only the public and food sectors are excepted, “he added.
“In partial and supervised flexibility, the first ten sectors that entered the economy will remain active (construction, hardware stores, chemical materials, transportation, bank agency, hairdressing, mechanical workshops and auto parts, medical and dental offices, plumbing services) and They will carry out their activities in the states of Carabobo, Trujillo, Mérida (except Vigía), Táchira (except border municipalities), Apure (except border municipalities), Bolívar (except Santa Elena de Guairén), Aragua, Capital District, Miranda, Sucre (except Cumaná ), Falcón, Anzoátegui and Yaracuy, “said Rodríguez.
Regarding general flexibility, the vice president announced that the states Amazonas, Barinas, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Guárico, Lara, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, La Guaira are incorporated, “in these sites the remaining economic sectors are activated as car washes, optics, stationery and ice cream parlor, laundry, electronic repairs, shopping malls (only authorized ones), appliance manufacturing, registries and notaries, gyms and sporting events without public, parcel services, textiles and footwear, veterinary care and drive-in cinema, “said Rodríguez.
Covid-19 Balance
“In the last 24 hours, 320 new cases of community transmission have been registered (142 in Zulia state, 48 Capital District, 45 Sucre state, 26 in Miranda, 21 in Anzoátegui, 19 Falcón, six in Apure, four in Amazonas, 3 Guaira, two Barinas, two Delta Amacuro, one in Trujillo and one in Lara), 51 imported cases (44 cases from Colombia, five from Peru, two from Ecuador) and five from contact with travelers, “Rodríguez announced.
#EnVivo | Of the active cases of COVID-19 in the country, 5,831 are asymptomatic, 550 have mild respiratory failure, 18 have moderate respiratory failure and 23 have severe respiratory failure, the national president pointed out. @NicolasMaduro pic.twitter.com/U9vgidcs4a
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July 11, 2020
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Likewise, the vice president pointed out that the country reached a total of 9,178 infections of the virus, “half of the cases are imported, a third are from Colombia and the rest from Brazil, Chile and Peru (…) regretted the death of two compatriots, “he said.
“We have enough medicines to attend to those infected with Covid-19, those who are in intensive care, we also have all the medicines guaranteed,” said Health Minister Carlos Alvarado.
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