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While deaths in health personnel continue to rise in the country due to the lack of biosecurity elements, The Senate administrative management has launched a plan to acquire 10,000 N95 masks, which have been in short supply in recent days and are indicated only for doctors and healthcare personnel.
The Senate published the call to buy these protection elements to distribute them among the congressmen and the administrative personnel through Colombia Compra Eficiente.
However, The Administrative Directorate has withdrawn the call and will determine other measures for the return of the face-to-face sessions.
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“I am informed that there will be no purchase of N95 masks by the Senate. Correct decision, ”said Senator Iván Cepeda.
It should be noted that since President Iván Duque decreed isolation No legislative activity has been done in person, and the congressmen are doing their work virtually.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are expected to return to face-to-face or blended sessions in the coming weeks.
While it is key that the personnel who work in Congress have the protection elements, caused outrage that the N95 masks are used, which should only be used by health personnel.
In fact, obtaining this element has been one of the requests that doctors have made the most in Leticia, Amazonas, where there is a severe crisis on behalf of covid-19.
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