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So announced this Tuesday, September 15 the mayor of Medellín, Daniel Quintero, when he also reported that the city reached the goal of having a thousand ICU beds to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quintero detailed that as of today, in hours until midnight, bars and restaurants in town They are authorized for the sale of liquor in their commercial premises. Until now they had only been able to do it via homes.
“The discipline and order of Medellín have been an example of economic reopening, not only in the country but in Latin America. Today we have almost all sectors open and the authorization for the sale of liquor is a sign of the good performance that the city has today, “said Quintero.
The news comes just before the celebration of the day of Love and friendship. “It is good for other sectors that have suffered in this pandemic, they will be able to open at an important time, but it will depend on discipline and maintaining the order that has been had until now“, Indicated the mayor.
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Jorge Gomez, from Medellín Gourmet, told Living in El Poblado that this authorization is timely because “Businesses, entrepreneurs and people in the sector were busted. It is one of the most affected sectors ”.
Must have great care in biosecurity issues, added Gómez, who was hopeful “and very attentive to accompany this community and to this sector that is sorely needing that reopening ”.
Juan Carlos Jaramillo, executive director of the Gastronomic Tour stated that this measure means the reactivation of the total sales of the restaurant sector. “By being able to sell liquor we have normality at one hundred percent of our menu. This is excellent news for the revival, with this we begin a new path to sales that we did before the pandemic ”.
Juan Pablo Valenzuela, president of Asobares Antioquia, said that the mayor “it’s a half ad because he came out and said that to the media, but we in the unions we do not know under what conditions these tests will be carried out pilot”.
Valenzuela explained that there is a national decree that stipulates that a pilot test must be carried out to open the sector. “There cannot be a total opening and a mayor cannot bypass a national norm“, said. She added that she is waiting for the conditions of time, mode and place to be defined since establishments are already considering opening Regardless of whether a protocol has to be established in Medellín, companies take care of me.
