Venezuela enters this week in controlled partial easing

The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, reported that this week in the states of Caracas, Miranda, Zulia, La Guaira, Sucre, Bolívar, Táchira, Aragua and Carabobo, the Partial Flexibilization monitored type 1 will be applied, which includes the opening for work of the workers in the prioritized sectors.

Controlled general flexibility: the rest of the states (Lara, Mérida, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Barinas, Guárico, Portuguesa, Cojedes, Apure, Falcón, Monagas, Nueva Esparta and Delta Amacuro will have general flexibility during this week. Maduro made the statement that they are With the exception of the border municipalities with Colombia in the states of Táchira, Apure and with Brazil in Amazonas and Bolívar.

“Everything depends on the awareness and responsibility of the people, who must be complying with biosafety standards,” said the national president during the evaluation session of the quarantine currently applied within the pandemic, with the Presidential Commission for Prevention, Control and Monitoring of the covid-19 led by the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez.

Likewise, it extended the alarm status for an additional 30 days, which allows the necessary actions to be taken to protect the population from the pandemic.

Maduro asked the population for maximum awareness to comply with prevention measures and avoid the spread of covid-19.

For her part, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez recalled that the partial relaxation will have activity in 10 productive sectors of the economy: construction, hardware, chemical raw material industry, transportation, banking agencies, hairdressers, mechanical workshops and auto parts, medical and dental offices, industry textile and footwear and custom plumbing and other services.

In the controlled general flexibility, 24 prioritized sectors are activated (the previous 10 of level two and also include: Car washes, optical shops, electronic repair, stationery and bookstores, ice cream parlors and take-out only cafeterias, laundry and dry cleaners, only authorized shopping centers, manufacturing of electrical appliances, parcel service, textile and footwear marketing, registry and notaries, gyms, sports activities without the public, veterinary care and drive-ins.