As of this Monday, April 25, in Mexico City, the general sanitary measures in the different economic activities to control the spread of coronavirus are without effect. Covid-19 Given the reduction in infections in the capital, the Official Gazette released its edition 835 BIS.
The local official document highlights that the sanitary measures against coronaivrus in the city they will no longer be necessary for people to enter commercial establishments, as well as offices (both government and private), as well as cultural and educational spaces, as well as any other facility.
This means that the temperature will no longer have to be taken, nor will it be necessary to apply disinfectant spray to people or objects at the entrance, in addition to the use of a sanitizing mat to access the establishments.
It only keeps the Mandatory use of face masks in closed spaces and the placement of dispensers antibacterial gel with 70% alcohol at the entrance and in spaces for common use.
“Natural ventilation must be privileged (open doors and windows); and in the case of artificial ventilation, it can only be operated with recirculation of a minimum of 40% to the outside. The recirculation of air inside the spaces is prohibited and the filter system must be constantly disinfected and cleaned, ”explains the document.
The Official Gazette specifies that this decision derives from the strategy for the reopening of social, educational and economic activitiesas well as the implementation of the epidemiological traffic light system by region.
It should be noted that the head of the Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, announced last Friday, April 22, that this measure would be implemented.
“For now, what is withdrawn is the mat that had been left behind and that was considered by the Ministry of Health to be unnecessary; also, the temperature measurement, many times this temperature measurement was not even very accurate, but, above all, that in the low levels that the Covid-19 is, it is considered that the temperature measurement is not necessary; and the only thing that remains is the orientation of the use of face masks and the gel at the entrance of the establishment”, said the official.
Sheinbaum Pardo specified that this decision was made by the federal Ministry of Health. “Remember that they are always technical decisions, it is not a decision that depends on the head of government, but there is a Health Council that makes these decisions.”
Vaccination against Covid-19 in CDMX
Sheinbaum Pardo reported that as part of the intensification of the National Vaccination Plan The 122 mobile points where the first, second and booster doses of the biological AstraZeneca against Covid-19 are applied will continue to operate until April 30.
The head of government highlighted that the vaccine is also applied in 10 Metro stations (Indios Verdes, Insurgentes, Cuatro Caminos, Pantitlán, Zócalo, Constitución de 1917, Auditorio, Universidad, San Lázaro and Taxqueña); as well as in 88 mobile points in public spaces and 24 points of incorporation to the pension program for the well-being of the elderly.
He recalled that a total of 117 Health Centers of the Ministry of Health of Mexico City (SEDESA), 45 Family Medicine Units of the ISSSTE and 25 Family Medical Units (UMF) of the IMSS, as well as the four Macro Headquarters (Sala de Armas, CENCIS Marina, Voca 7, and Jaime Torres Bodet Cultural Center), which are enabled from April 19 to 23.
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