The President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, will maintain activities virtually; Vice President Alfredo Borrero also tested positive for COVID-19
The announcement was made by the President of the Republic himself, Guillermo Lasso. The President confirmed that the president of the Emergency Operations Committee (COE), Juan Zapata, tested positive for COVID-19. The contagion of Governor of El Oro, Fulton Serrano Gallardo.
Lasso released the news this Thursday, January 6, 2022 at the beginning of a virtual meeting with other authorities. The meeting seeks to respond to the problems that exist in Zaruma due to the mining activity below the city. “I regret that due to the circumstances I have not been able to attend personally,” he said.
The President stated that the decision was made to maintain activities via digital by the number of contagions of various State authorities. Yesterday he vice president of the Republic, Alfredo Borrero also confirmed that he is infected with COVID-19.
The president of the COE he ruled this morning on his situation. He pointed out that a test had already been done for the confirmation of positive cases around him. “We will carry out the activities in a virtual way, we are in good health and we emphasize the importance of vaccination and maintaining biosecurity measures,” he said.
We work in an exposed, high-risk institution and upon confirmation of positive cases in my close work circle, due to a medical decision, I have to do isolation and a PCR test in 48 hours.
– Juan Zapata (@CapiZapataEC) January 6, 2022
This Thursday the president was scheduled to visit the affected area in Zaruma again to review the work being undertaken in the sector, after the sinkhole that occurred on December 15, which caused the collapse of heritage houses and the exposure of dangers to the population. But the activity was transformed into a virtual appointment due to the health situation. (DPV)
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