The appointed secretary of the Department of Education (DE), Elba Aponte Sants, will hold a press conference this afternoon, Thursday, on the official list and details of the opening of schools.
The Secretary of the Interior, Noelia García Bardales, and the administrator of ASSMCA, Dr. Carlos Rodríguez Mateu, will take part in it.
The conference will take place at 2:30 pm at the Inés María Mendoza school in Caimito.
A Metro source sent the official document of the agency that in addition to the total list, has a list by educational regions. The list breaks down the schools that would be ready to have completed the vaccination process for their staff.
Meanwhile, a total of 21 municipalities were marked in red as part of Covid-19’s latest transmission risk analysis, implying that none of its plantations will be able to reopen next week, even if they have the infrastructure and capacity to implement Department of Health protocols.
The municipalities with the highest level of transmission are Aguadilla, Isabela, Quebradillas, Hatillo, Cataño, Loíza, Santa Isabel, Juana Díaz, Ponce, Jayuya, Peñuelas, San Germán, Lajas, Maricao, Cabo Roig, Lares, Añasco, Racó, Naranjito, Barranquitas and Morovis.
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