The mayor of Morovis, Carmen Maldonado González, reacted to the report announced by the Department of Health this afternoon, which places this municipality on the list of 21 villages where face-to-face classes cannot be offered to be in a high level of infection by Covid-19.
The report issued by the Department of Health (DS) was made without warning municipal epidemiologists about the alleged rise they estimate is on the number two community transmission scale, representing 13.8% for the “Remember that for the DS, which is greater than 10%, Health classifies it in red as a ‘high level of community transmission,” Maldonado said in a press release.
“The truth is that in the past 7 days, Morovis has registered only 25 positive cases, in a total of 181 molecular tests performed, which we understand are very few tests,” said the mayor, accompanied by the his adviser on the subject, the former director of the State Agency for Emergency Management and Disaster Management (now negotiated), Nazario Lugo Burgos “, assured the municipal executive.
Maldonado also noted that there is no way to define whether in these 181 tests performed there are cases of people who have repeated the same, after coming out positive more than once. “It happens frequently, in cases where people are tested to go to work and various tests are done. It is important for our population to know that the Morovis Tracking Program is in full compliance,” he detailed.
“In fact, the most recent report reveals 100% of cases dealt with, which shows the emphasis we are putting on the management of the pandemic. We are 100% committed to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, and we are very careful in the handling of the numbers. That is why we make this clarification “, concluded the mayoress.