He new temporary permit that allows children to go out on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for up to 90 minutes, at two times: from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00, it will be effective from this Tuesday, August 18.
Given this, the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, he pointed out that “this permit cannot be used to go shopping, it cannot be used to visit a relative, because what we want is for them to come out, to take a breath, but that they cannot be infected ”.
Those who obtain this permit will not be able to use public transport, nor be more than 1 kilometer from their homes and only It applies to communes with more than 14 days of quarantine.
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The Undersecretary of Crime Prevention, Katherine Martorell, affirmed that the permission for children between 0 and 14 years old must incorporate within the name of the people with whom the minor is going out. In the case of people over 14 years of age, this permit can be requested directly by them.
It is recommended to avoid crowds, maintain physical distance, permanent use of the mask, carry alcohol gel and not to use the games located in the squares of the different communes.
Sandra vallejo, a grandmother of three children, specified that “it is good that children go out, they get stressed for so long.” Stephanie Vera (17 years old) thinks otherwise: “I doubt they work the way they want.”
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The bronchopulmonary pediatrician at the Vespucio Clinic, Gema Pérez, explained that children can “play with the ball, ideal if they carry a blanket and play with a puzzle.”
Meanwhile, the doctor Michel serri, an infectious disease specialist at the Dávila Clinic, recommended that if children “are going to play with each other, the ideal is for them to be siblings or children who live together to avoid transmission with other children who may have the asymptomatic infection ”.
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