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The document, signed February 16 by the Secretary of Health, Alejandro Gómez, explains that the District made this determination based on international evidence regarding the behavior of the coronavirus.
According to the Mayor’s Office, the epidemiological situation must be taken into account, as it is constantly evolving, so as not to put the city’s population at risk and contain the increase in patients with respiratory infection.
What measures will no longer be necessary in commercial premises in Bogotá?
The document specifically establishes 3 “daily practices”:
- Shoe disinfection.
- Temperature records
- List of people entering establishments.
These actions “do not generate a greater contribution to control against the transmission of the virus and it is possible to do without” them, the resolution details. Which also clarifies that the capacity control is maintained.
However, that same evidence is clear in the “aerosol transmission” and for this reason the District made a special call to give greater importance to “maintaining good ventilation in closed spaces, without overcrowding and with adequate respiratory or cough hygiene. ”.
What measures are maintained in Bogotá?
The aforementioned document establishes mitigation measures to reduce the transmission of the virus in the city, which this Tuesday reported 1,365 new patients.
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Individual:
– Correct use of the mask.
– Physical distance not less than 2 meters.
– Frequent hand washing.
– Do not yell or speak harshly in confined spaces or with limited ventilation. -
Community:
– Encourage teleworking.
– Maintain social distancing both in closed spaces and in
open spaces.
– Keep internal areas of homes, residential areas, buildings, living rooms, offices, elevators, etc. well ventilated.
– In the same areas, emphasis should be placed on complying with individual measures.
– Cleaning and disinfection of surfaces.
– In the use of public toilets, the timely and correct collection of waste and non-reusable materials must be guaranteed, minimizing exposure to them.
– Control of capacity inside establishments, offices or other customer service spaces. -
General population:
– Maintain the PRASS – DAR strategy, to isolate oneself when symptoms appear and report it to health entities.
– Authorities maintain home care strategies.
– All actors and sectors should strengthen strategies for
social communication of risk, promoting compliance with the measures
here exposed.
This was Secretary Gomez’s explanation:
