After an assembly, the customs workers announced a national strike in their activities after the government’s decision to “lower the standard” in the tests and control of the Covid to truckers at the Los Libertadores border crossing. It should be noted that a few weeks ago the complex closed its doors due to an outbreak of Covid-19.
According to El Mercurio slogan, from the union they denounce that any carrier who presents a negative PCR is being allowed to enter, including those who have results with more than 72 hours in advance in the test. Due to this, the customs personnel details that the tests are random to the drivers, which, in any case, they consider insufficient.
The national director of the union, Justo Sánchez, exposed the detection of counterfeits in the PCR tests. “Two health officials from the Largomaggiore Hospital (Mendoza) who were selling them were even arrested,” he snapped.
On the other hand, the National Association of Customs Officials of Chile (Anafach), stated that during 8 hours 150 trucks entered, where only 40 antigen tests were applied. Of them, there were 12 positive cases. What is added to the fact that, after 24 hours of work, there are two suspected cases of contagion among the same workers.
The president of Anafach, Mauricio Soudre, maintained that the measures “adopted by the government” were “the product of pressure from Argentine truckers,” he lashed out. What was added to the blockade of the passage that they carried out towards our country, achieved the intervention of their Foreign Ministry to make the controls more flexible.
For his part, from the Government, the presidential delegate(s) in Los Andes, Raúl Fuhrer, pointed out that everything works normally at the border crossing. “Both users and cargo vehicles have entered in an orderly manner and without convenience,” he declared.
“The services are operating normally, an exhaustive review of the documentation has been carried out and emphasis has been placed on complying with each of the agreements reached with the unions to protect health and well-being,” he concluded.
