The mayor of Lima, Jorge Muñoz, I consider that the Executive’s decision to reestablish Sunday compulsory social immobilization It was not the best measure and it would have been better to opt for epidemiological fences.
In statements to Nothing is said of RPP News, the burgomaster maintained that With this decision, people will take advantage of Saturdays to hold their meetings and therefore more agglomeration will be generated.
“What is going to happen in relation to the subject of Sundays, is that things are going to move forward. Tomorrow Saturday is going to be a lucky Sunday boy. They are going to make the meetings happen, people are going to be there and some will start on Saturday and end on Sunday ”, she said.
Epidemiological fences
Muñoz stated that this measure lacks scientific support, for which he argued that the Government had to impose epidemiological fences in areas where the disease is affecting more and carry out molecular tests.
“Wherever the fences are, there must be molecular tests and traceability to know exactly what happened, who has infected them or who are the people who have a possibility of a risk situation and then carry out the attack ”, he commented.
Molecular test prioritization
Precisely on the sampling of tests, the municipal authority indicated that it has noticed a change in the strategy of the Health system, since the minister Pilar Mazzetti it is prioritizing the use of molecular tests over rapid ones.
“I think the best measure would be to make these epidemiological fences that are so important, there to increase what are tests, but not rapid tests, but molecular tests (…) Minister Zamora put a lot of emphasis on rapid tests, it seems that Minister Mazzetti is putting more emphasis on molecular tests, ”he said.
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