Vaccination requirements against Covid-19 in Puerto Rico they could become more restrictive, the governor acknowledged Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, In the face of reports that the president Joe Biden will announce the removal of exceptions to inoculation that apply to U.S. government employees and contractors.
“I will evaluate it carefully (the executive order that is anticipated issued by Biden). I must think that there will be at least one exception for people who due to a duly certified medical condition cannot be vaccinated. But I will review the So far no one was able to send in the perfect solution, which is not strange. ” the Association of General Contractors in Rio Grande.
To date, Pierluisi’s executive orders – which have covered government employees and contractors, workers in the medical and tourism sectors and employees and customers in multiple business sectors – have allowed exceptions to vaccination for medical or religious reasons.
Both people admitted for these reasons, and those who for some other reason have chosen not to be vaccinated, have been required to submit evidence of a negative result to Covid-19 in order to appear at the their tasks such as having access to commercial establishments.
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The Associated Press report earlier in the day that, during this afternoon, Biden will deliver a speech in which he will announce the strengthening of vaccination orders for federal workers and contractors. In the federal government, so far, requirements similar to those prevailing in Puerto Rico have been implemented.
“There are those who have religious convictions and those who still have fear or some insecurity or complaint and that’s why they don’t get vaccinated. Where I’ve drawn the line to this day is that then we demand negative evidence to protect the rest of the world. villa, to whom they are vaccinated, ”Pierluisi said.
When asked what specifically he will decide, the president stressed that he will evaluate the presidential decree.
“If I see it as reasonable, I will be inclined to implement it in Puerto Rico. But not necessarily for President Biden to impose it at the federal level I must impose it in Puerto Rico. That will depend on my own judgment,” he said. first executive.
In Puerto Rico, 76.1% of the total population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 64.8% are completely inoculated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first figure places Puerto Rico in third place among all U.S. jurisdictions, while the island ranks seventh in considering only those fully vaccinated.