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In the capital of Valle del Cauca there is expectation to enter this phase of the ‘new normal’, which will start this Tuesday, September 1, as it is the end of a five-month quarantine.
But despite these changes, as emphasized by the mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, the responsibility now rests with the citizens themselves. that they must continue to wear face masks and constantly wash their hands, as well as maintain a distance of two meters, so that the sickness curve goes down, after it reached its highest peaks in August.
“It would be terrible if someone else died. Life first ”. said Mayor Ospina.
The Secretary of Health of the Valley, María Cristina Lesmes, said that the coronavirus will last a year, at least, until the vaccine is available; the disease is milder and it is being detected that there are more asymptomatic cases.
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These recommendations agreed that on Sunday, August 30, there was an increase in infections and deaths in the Valley from covid-19.
The Ministry reported 33 new deaths, of which 27 occurred in Cali. On Saturday and Friday there were 19 deaths in the department, respectively.
This August 30, 463 new infections were reported in the Valley for a total of 46,549 patients.
In turn, the Secretary of Security of Cali, Carlos Rojas, said that adjustments were being analyzed to the “peak and cedula” that had been regulated until August 31. “Obviously there have to be a lot of changes,” said Rojas. It was thus the change that dismantled the ‘pico y cédula’ in the capital of Valle del Cauca from September onwards.
Thus was the change that the ‘pico y cédula’ has been dismantled in the capital of Valle del Cauca since September
Meanwhile, the Government will increase the access capacity, where today the provision of services does not exceed 25 percent occupancy. Some 2,500 rapid tests are being done on officials.
In those changes there will be more reopens that will add to the pilots of two weeks ago of restaurants, motels, theaters and drive-ins.
As for the theaters they will have the possibility of using up to 50% percent of their installed capacity.
Motel staff must use biosecurity items.
Juan Pablo Rueda. TIME
In restaurants The social distance of two meters between tables and diners must be kept. They will attend to authorized street areas.
Rumba sites. like salsoteca. They will have their pilots this week, starting with the establishments around the Alameda Park, with a modality of ‘Aguaelulo’, parties that in the past were in the afternoons without liquor and with juice.
There, Mayor Ospina has proposed that these locals take their services out to the street, as restaurants have been doing with all biosafety protocols.
In the case of motels, only a maximum of two people will enter to each room with their respective masks.
In drive-ins you can enjoy movies with popcorn sales, but with prevention.
Juan Pablo Rueda. TIME
Of 467 gyms in Cali, 70 already have their protocols to open to 50 people every hour. Users must have a digital health passport, processed before the Mayor’s Office.
In drive-ins, four people per car are allowed. There must be a distance of two meters between each vehicle.
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While there are these changes, at the Universidad del Valle, its rector, Édgar Varela, said that the branches in Cali -Meléndez and San Fernando- will continue with virtual classes.
“In Cali we will implement it as soon as the monitoring is done with the municipal and departmental health secretariats, but in September we will continue in the current perspective,” said Varela.
Schools in Cali they would have the option to alternate after September 28. But in the Colombian Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) they have doubts and promote a no to alternation, and that students continue with distance and virtual classes, who have the technological means.
In front of domestic flights that can take off from Alfonso Bonilla airport Aragon, are the authorized routes to Bogotá, Barranquilla, Pasto and Medellín.
It is not yet clear when international flights would take off. The routes to the United States, Panama, Ecuador and Peru are evaluated.
Other changes: 9 MIO routes return with up to 50% occupancy
The president of Metrocali, Óscar Ortiz, said that from this week and with effort, nine routes have been activated: A57, A41C, P24A, P40A, A73, A76, A18, A19A and P10B.
Despite community doubts, bus occupancy will be increased by up to 50%. These doubts persist, when last week in a virtual forum, researchers from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana that the risks on MIO buses are increasing.
However, the manager said that the MIO is capable of the same fleet that it has (600 buses), to serve about 230,000 average passengers per day at the time of being notified to increase the occupancy level to 50% “.
The MIO has the capacity with the same fleet that it has (600 buses), to serve about 230,000 average passengers per day at the time of being notified to increase the occupancy level to 50% “.
“Our operation is planned according to user demand, so on 15
August, a temporary adjustment was made to the schedule of 23 routes and the
service another 21 “.
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With the A81 route, an improvement is expected for the staff of the Isaías Duarte Cancino hospital.
According to President Ortiz, it is also intended to improve the accessibility and coverage conditions of the MIO System in the corridors of Cañasgordas avenue, the Cali – Jamundí highway, communes 13 and 15, the north – center, north – east connections and the western part of the city.
He added that “the behavior from July to August has been static. We have
a demand of 165,000 users, on an average day, inclusive, with the suspension of
some routes. However, we are going to enable some services. ”
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