The regional government of Jujuy decided to eliminate the mandatory decree for the use of chinstraps in public spaces throughout the Jujuy territory, so that, starting today, the population will be able to say goodbye to the face masks outdoors. Even though The use of masks in closed and poorly ventilated places is still in forceinformed the authorities.
The measure was taken by the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) of Jujuybased on the current epidemiological context: the low daily incidence of infections and the very high rate of immunization throughout the Jujuy province.
In a statement, the COE of Jujuy He emphasized the need to “take a new step towards the return of normality” and stressed the importance “of continuing the immunization campaign” in the territory.
“In order to advance along this path of care, we urge the population of Jujuy to complete the immunization scheme against the coronavirus pandemic and to reinforce the guideline with the third dose when appropriate,” the health authorities recommended.
Epidemiological situation in Jujuy
In recent weeks, coronavirus cases in the province from Jujuy They have hovered around the average of between 3 and 7 infections per day, a figure that reflects the abrupt drop in the incidence rate. What’s more, the region has not confirmed infections for three days this week, today was one of those days.
In terms of incidence at the national level, the province of Jujuy It is on rung 19 of the 24 jurisdictions in the country with the lowest number of registered infections since the arrival of the pandemic. Currently, it accumulates 105,398 infections.
On the other hand, the complete immunization rate in Jujuy is greater than 90%. According to data from the Public Vaccination Monitor, to date, some 689,480 people from Jujuy received the first dose and 590,606 completed the scheme; in addition, 185,783 people applied the third booster dose.
