President mulls “prudent” re-opening in San Miguelito

With coronavirus retransmission rates falling in  San Miguelito President, Laurentino Cortizo  on Wednesday, August 5 dangled the prospect of  opening some economic activities in the district starting next week, in a “prudent” manner.

According to the president, “the Rt  (retransmission rate ) in San Miguelito has been falling”, so the same formula could be applied as in other provinces where no increase in coronavirus cases has been reported. such as Los Santos and Herrera.

“There are a series of alternatives for next week that are being evaluated, with the health team, with the government team, the private sector, to go step by step to  opening,” said Cortizo

Obviously, he said, they will take into account hospital capacity. But he added that with the opening of the Figali convention center this weekend, some hospitals, such as the Modular in Albrook and the Hospital Complex of the Social Security Fund, will be “relieved”.

The Government is working on adapting the Figali to place at least 160 beds for coronavirus patients.

“This allows us, by opening a couple of activities, and if some positives are fired in some areas, we have the capacity in hospitals to be able to attend to them,” he said