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The President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, said this Sunday that it abides by the resolution of the Constitutional court which declared unconstitutional the state of exception declared in December due to the increase in cases of covid-19.
However, he warned that in the larger cities “Intensive care units are on the brink” and he anticipated that in January “there will be a natural consequence of increased infections”, despite the measures taken to avoid crowds during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
“It is up to us to abide by the ruling of the Constitutional Court,” Moreno said in a national network, adding that the government will continue to apply whatever measures are within its reach “Because they emerge from technical and statistical analyzes of the real situation.”
The court declared unconstitutional the state of exception decreed for the third time in the year by Moreno on December 21 caused, according to him, “by crowding as well as exposure to a more virulent mutation imported from the UK.”
The court considered that the president founded the state of exception “In a possible future risk and not current, without basis on sufficient, clear and specific information”.
The presidential decision restricted freedom of movement and association, with a curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.
Moreno asked the local authorities to “Take the necessary actions to avoid crowds” and he called on the population to take biosecurity measures.
“The pandemic has not been overcome and a joint effort is necessary to contain it,” said the president.
Ecuador had lifted the state of exception on September 13 after six months of being in force and had relaxed the confinement measures that included curfews of up to 15 hours a day.
The South American nation, with 17.5 million inhabitants, registers 214,513 cases of the new coronavirus, including 14,059 deaths between confirmed and probable.
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