Agglomerations worry about Holy Week, there are reports in municipalities of Valle and Quindío

Despite the restrictions due to the pandemic implemented by the National Government for Easter, in several tourist sites in the country there have been crowds and non-compliance with the sanitary protocol to avoid the acceleration of covid-19 infections during these holidays.

In networks, photographs circulate in municipalities of the Coffee Axis such as Salento, Filandia and Circasia in which huge crowds are evidenced on Thursdays and Fridays. The same would have happened in the Valley, in Calima El Darién.

According to local authorities, in addition to the massive arrival of tourists, a young man would have disappeared in Lake Calima while doing water activities with a group of people.

It is worth mentioning that to prevent a third wave of coronavirus infections in Colombia, President Iván Duque ordered that in cities with ICU bed occupancy rates greater than 70% measures such as curfew and peak and ID be retaken.

responsable tourism

Beatriz Díaz Salazar, mayor of Salento, acknowledged the massive arrival of tourists both to the urban area and to the Valle de Cocora Natural Park, and expressed her concern about the effects that the pandemic may have at this time.

He urged visitors to carry out tourist activities in a responsible manner, and to avoid reaching the town as much as possible, considering the large number of people who are passing through these days.

Regarding the criticism of the Municipal Administration for the apparent absence of restrictive measures, he said that citizens must bear in mind that in order not to stop the economic reactivation, it is essential that tourists strictly abide by sanitary measures and restrictions.

Meanwhile in the region, the authorities registered the arrival of hundreds of vehicles to Calima El Darién since Holy Monday, for this reason they have implemented controls and activated a device with the Police to prevent the holding of mass parties and meetings.

However, images circulating through networks show agglomerations in areas near Lake Calima.

Regarding the disappearance of a young man, Abelardo Gómez, coordinator for Risk Management, reported that the report was received around 3:00 pm on Good Friday and the search work began in which the office he leads, the Defense Civil, the Calima El Darién Fire Department, and the Police.

His body was recovered around 10:00 am at the reservoir. They indicated that it is a 19-year-old man whose identity has not yet been determined.

Controls in Cali and Pance

In the metropolitan area, the Ministry of Security and Justice carries out a series of controls, especially in churches and surrounding areas, where there is the largest influx of people at Easter.

Undersecretary Guillermo Londoño was part of the operations carried out in the west of Cali, which includes visits to the Church of San Antonio, where educational activities were carried out to guarantee the use of masks and physical distancing, as well as other measures. .

On the road that leads to Pance, another highly frequented site at this time, controls were installed, with which the entry of visitors to the Ecopark is regulated and will remain until this Sunday.