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The Senate reported this Thursday that, after the face-to-face session on August 27, in which the election of the Attorney General of the Nation and of the Constitutional Court magistrate took place, it has “A report of 13 cases of covid-19 infections and 5 awaiting results from the total number of people attending the facilities.”
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In an official communication, the corporation clarifies, however, that on that day “a strict health security device was put into practice in order to prevent contagion from the corporation’s officials and contractors.”
Notes that “At the entrance of the Capitol, a rigorous control was installed, giving the attendees a kit with protective elements such as gel, mask and alcohol”. And he assures that, in addition to the controls to enter the building, “four rooms were organized to guarantee the distance of two meters in the plenary session.”
For now It is not known who the 13 people who tested positive are or the other 5 whose cases are under study.
This announcement is known hours after Armando Benedetti, senator of the U, warned on his Twitter account that on the day in which Margarita Cabello was elected as the new attorney, contagions of covid-19 were detected.
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“Is it true that there is a contingency in @SenadoGovCo because several officials who attended the day of the election of the Procurator have tested positive in recent days? I ask the Administrative Directorate of @SenadoGovCo to confirm this information,” Benedetti wrote this Wednesday night.
The confirmation of these infections set the alarms in Congress. The administrative direction of the Senate reported that biosafety protocols were reinforced.
Is it true that there is a contingency in the @SenadoGovCo Why have several officials who attended the day of the Attorney General’s election tested positive in recent days? I request the Administrative Direction of the @SenadoGovCo confirm that information.
– Armando Benedetti (@AABenedetti) September 3, 2020
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“According to a study requested by the Senate Board of Directors from the Positiva Insurance Company – ARL, The conditions for holding face-to-face sessions are being analyzed by the insurer, along with other recommendations provided by the Secretary of Health, to guarantee the work in the corporation, “reads the official communication issued this Thursday.
And he adds: “the President of the Senate Arturo Char, the members of the board of directors, the General Secretariat and the General Administrative Directorate, continue to review all the possibilities to achieve work in person, under the parameters and extreme recommendations of biosafety exposed by the ARL-Positiva and the expert authorities on the matter “.
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Biosafety protocols in Congress.
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