The online procedure was enabled on July 6, in order to allow workers to have a disability without having to stand in line and possibly infect other people, in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The IMSS detailed that until the closing of the process, 175,682 permits were granted with which the insured employees were able to generate a document equivalent to Temporary Incapacity for Work for five days remotely; this represented subsidy payments equivalent to 120.1 million pesos.
“As of the closure of this tool, all those workers who present symptoms of COVID-19 must go directly to the Social Security Respiratory Care Modules (MARSS) or to their Family Medicine Unit (UMF) for face-to-face assessment,” details the statement. dependence.
