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The Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, gave the balance of the second day of generalized quarantine in the capital, in the middle of a tour of the District Public Health Laboratory. “The number of vehicles that left was substantially reduced. People stayed at home and did not leave the bridge. On the contrary, many of them are coming to the city, “said the president.
According to the District, during this bridge of kings “about a million citizens will return“López made the recommendation that they do so” with all the biosecurity measures, with the windows down and with masks, and when they cross the tollbooth they go directly to the house. “
However, Alejandro Gómez, the city’s health secretary, stated that they are concentrating its efforts on the PCR tests carried out in the District Public Health Laboratory and where they verify if the viral load has increased.
“We are doing about 6,000 tests a day. Before, this space used to do biological and molecular tests, “said Gómez.
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In the same way, Mary Luz Gómez, in charge of the laboratory, said that in this space dedicated to tests, the number of workers has increased “they doubled, from 70 to 140 people. “
The Mayor stated that “due to the red alert we schedule 24-hour shifts, to verify the variations and speed of the tests taken, which have a higher viral load “.
López stressed that the localities of Usaquén Suba, Engativá, Teusaquillo, Kennedy and Fontibón show a variation in the virus load (which grows at a very high speed according to the president). “We still do not know if it is due to a very complicated December, or if it is something else. If it is only December it should stabilize, otherwise it would be something else, (like the new strain) “, he expressed.
However, according to the District this isIt can only be determined at the end of the proposed two weeks of confinement. “Stay home, take self-care measures, open the windows, while we determine why this change in speed is due,” concluded the Mayor of Bogotá.
It should be noted that the city will be in generalized confinement until next January 12, and from there the towns of Kennedy, Fontibón and Teusaquillo will continue in quarantine sectorized, taking into account the epidemiological findings on this increase in viral load, until January 17.
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