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December 30, 2020 – 05:36 pm
Newsroom of El País
The curfew and prohibition times were adjusted due to the increase in cases of covid-19. The measures will take effect from December 31 at 9:00 pm until 12 noon on January 3.
This was announced on Wednesday afternoon by the mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, who said that this adjustment is also due to the shortage of drugs in the ICU beds in the city.
“In the world there is a shortage of muscle relaxants and sedatives, necessary for intensive care units. However, the Ministry of Health informed us that a significant shipment of these drugs will arrive in the country in the coming days,” he said.
On the other hand, the president pointed out that, after the Extraordinary Security Council, in which members of his cabinet, the Army, the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office were present, other measures were established to stop the advance of the pandemic in the city.
“Cali has been advancing measures such as curfew, dry law and peak and ID to stop contagions, but since these have not had the expected effect, we are forced to deepen them,” he said.
You can read: Valle registers 42 deaths and 1067 new cases of covid-19 this Wednesday
Alert for increased cases
The authorities are on alert for the increase in cases of covid-19 throughout the country. In Valle del Cauca, 42 deaths and 1067 new cases of covid-19 were registered this Wednesday, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
With this report, the department reached 136,522 infected people and 4,264 deaths since the arrival of the virus in the region.
It should be noted that Cali is the municipality most affected by the pandemic, since it already has more than 95 thousand cases and 2727 deaths.
The occupancy of exclusive ICU beds for patients with covid-19 is at 87.9% and the total number of ICU beds in Cali for all pathologies is at 90.5%, with a cutoff to Tuesday, December 29.
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