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The mayor of Bogotá Claudia López has recommended to those who want to celebrate Christmas in face-to-face meetings perform individual voluntary isolation and do the novenas virtually to avoid “spending the epidemiological quota” before December 24.
This Friday, in an interview with EL TIEMPO and CityTv, López delivered new recommendations for this end of the year and Christmas, pero also made important announcements about his intention to negotiate the arrival of vaccines from the capital. “If the government allows it, we are willing to collaborate,” said the president.
López indicated that the majority of coronavirus cases in the city at this time are located in three locations: Suba, Usaquén and Chapinero. “The upward trend is in the north of the city because it is where there is more commerce, “he said. However, he clarified that for now the District is not studying new measures in these areas.
Therefore, the mayor recommended to continue shopping online and avoid purchases in person. “There is no greater gift than life and health,” he said.
The mayor ruled out that there are curfews in Bogotá or a quarantine. “Instead of curfews, we should be accelerating the vaccination plan, more than a year has passed since the pandemic (…) No curfews or quarantines, the tool is self-care, biosecurity and vaccination ”.
“We have to learn to take care of ourselves“Do not wait for the Police or the Army to lock us up or order us not to leave because that can be done for three days but that should not be the way out,” he added.
López has insisted on following the novenas and virtual events. “It cannot bear the epidemiological capacity to hold meetings for nine days in a row: there are nine days of risk. We ask you to sacrifice your presence in the novenas to give that space to those who want to celebrate Christmas and the New Year in person, “the mayor said at the time.
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The District also will restrict the sale of intoxicating drinks as an accompaniment to meals in restaurants and gastrobars after 10 pm Before, the cutoff time for table service was midnight.
In Bogotá the peak and plate continues and, so far, the District has not considered lifting it.
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No curfews or quarantines, the tool is self-care, biosecurity and vaccination
López announced that tonight he will hold a meeting with the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz Gómez, and that is willing to propose to collaborate with negotiations from the capital to accelerate the vaccination process. “We are respectful of these negotiations, they are very delicate and the National Government is doing its best but if we can collaborate we are ready.”
She also said that she would be the first to be vaccinated and said that her mother is hospitalized for coronary problems and that she also explained why people with comorbidities should be prioritized in this process.
Security
On this issue the president accepted all the difficulties. He added that bicycle theft rose by 33% because criminals took advantage of the high flow and lonely streets of various eras of the pandemic. “That is why we created a special command to take care of citizens, detect lighting problems, and evaluate how we send the bike paths to the main roads so that the risk is reduced.”
He also clarified that although the figures for many crimes have dropped It makes an impression that the use of violence is getting worse and worse. “One thing is that they steal your cell phone in a tickle and another thing is that they hurt you for that. Here we are working is in catching gangs”.
Crime is down, but the use of violence is increasing in robberies. We work on dismantling bands
He also spoke of the gangs that take advantage of the vulnerable state of Venezuelan migrants to recruit them into criminal groups. “Two gangs of Venezuelans generated 19 homicides in Bogotá. There we need more support from the National Government to identify who enters our country and to return to their country those who come to commit crimes.”
As for complaints about difficulties in filing a complaint, he said that the URIS must accept complaints about theft from citizens. He also spoke of the application of the Attorney General’s Office: ‘To denounce’. “Thanks to this, the complaints have been uploaded and that is good because we must know the reality. It is the obligation of public servants to serve citizens.”
A city under construction with a new form of mobility
The mayor of Bogotá also said that an era of difficulties in mobility is coming due to the amount of works that are going to begin to be erected in the city: roads, subways, TransMilenio stations. “That is why we need to move at different times and take advantage of different modes of transport. We also continue to prioritize teleworking because we need these people not to occupy the streets. Pedestrian and bicycle trips went up. We cannot lose all of that.”
As for the traffic jams due to bike lanes in various corridors of the city, he said that the future of mobility is to have more clean trips. “We must ensure that fewer people die from respiratory diseases, that the air continues to deteriorate. We will continue working for new transportation alternatives. We are not going to back down.”
She also responded to a question from an informal saleswoman who asked for help. He said that in this administration the order is to organize the informality and not attack this group of workers. “That is a task that we are doing with the local mayors. What we do ask of them is that they do not create the owners of the public space or pay the mafias. They cannot sell stolen merchandise either.”
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