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December 29, 2020 – 02:10 pm
Newsroom of El País
On December 31, the dry law in Cali will govern from 5:00 pm and will be in effect until 5:00 pm on January 2, 2021, Mayor Jorge Iván Ospina announced on Twitter this Tuesday.
This extension of the dry law is due to the increase in the contagion of covid-19 in the city.
Additionally, Ospina indicated that the peak and schedule will continue, and that the curfew is maintained from 11:00 pm, which is valid until January 4.
He indicated that meetings and encounters in public spaces are not allowed.
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Pance closure
The mayor stated that access to the Pance River will be completely closed from December 31 at 6:00 am to January 4 at 6:00 am, to avoid crowds in that sector of the city.
In Cali, it is traditional for many citizens to take the traditional ‘pot ride’ to the Pance River at the beginning of the year. In fact, in previous years for that date traffic jams were reported on the roads in the south of the city for said walks.
There will be no popular festival in Ulpiano Lloreda
Additionally, the traditional popular festival that will take place in the Ulpiano Lloreda neighborhood at the beginning of the year will not be allowed and must be postponed.
In that neighborhood of commune 13, hundreds of people gather for a popular festival for the celebration of the new year. Last January, the massive celebration was broadcast in videos on social networks.
“We need all the possible responsibility from you, the only existing option is to take care, save life at home. For this, awareness, self-control and show solidarity as a value of a society manifested in caring for others,” the mayor wrote on Twitter .
– The dry law will be extended from December 31 at 5 pm to 5 pm on January 2
– It will continue with the peak and ID
– Any event or meeting in public space will be prohibited
– The curfew will be maintained– Jorge Ivan Ospina (@JorgeIvanOspina) December 29, 2020
Concern increased cases
The authorities keep the alerts on for the increase in cases of covid-19 throughout the country. Last Monday, December 28, 630 cases were reported in Valle del Cauca.
Of those cases, 436 were registered in Cali, which has accumulated 94,464 cases since the start of the pandemic.
The occupancy of exclusive ICU beds for patients with covid-19 is at 82.1% and the total number of ICU beds in Cali for all pathologies is at 91.5%, with a cut-off as of Monday, December 28.
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