The mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, announced this Saturday the closure of the operations of their municipality from next Monday, March 16 for a period of two weeks, with the exception of essential services.
The municipal executive reported, in a press conference, that her municipality keeps 128 people in quarantine because it was the number of employees who worked on the National Day of Zalsa, where a Panamanian doctor who tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-) attended. 19).
The Municipal Hospital, the CDT, the Municipal Police, Emergency Management and Medical Emergencies, The Life Clinic, Casa Trans, Casa Cuna, will continue to operate.
The rest of the offices “all offices will be closed”Cruz Soto pointed out.
It also indicated that the Municipal Legislature will meet tomorrow in that extraordinary session to require that all beverage businesses that are not in the tourist zone close at 9:00 pm “and people will not be allowed to congregate as yesterday in an insensitive way and irresponsible in Placita de Santurce ”, affirmed Yulín Cruz.
“Saving a life is not a drastic action, it is a responsibility and it is the privilege that we who hold power have, to save the lives of our people,” he emphasized.
He also stressed that from next Monday the San Juan Diagnostic and Treatment Center (CDT) will begin to test for coronavirus.
“Starting Monday, you will be able to call the pediatric ward or adults. They will tell you to come to the hospital or go to the CDT in Río Piedras,” he reported.
At the same time, he stated that next Monday, March 23, a mobile laboratory (servicarro) will begin its functions where people who experience symptoms similar to the coronavirus can be tested.
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