Restaurant fined and closed for flouting covid rules

A restaurant in Downtown Plaza, Costa del Este was immediately closed  and the owners fined after a joint operation by  the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (Mici), the Ministry of Health, and the National Police

Israel Cedeño, director of the metropolitan health region, said that during the visit they found several faults in the biosecurity measures established to stop the spread of Covid-19.

On the premises, there was an agglomeration of people, with no adequate distancing.

In addition, people were without masks and the staff in the restaurant did not enforce compliance with their use.

Cedeño told La Prensa that the owners were given  15 days to correct the faults. If not, the file goes from the health center to the metropolitan region meaning the fine would increase Meanwhile “on Monday they must pay a fine” that was imposed on them.

Cedeño said that starting Saturday, they will carry out operations in the Veracruz area, after the reactivation, of family activities on beaches and rivers, were authorized.

Visitors will be randomly tested on the beaches to determine whether or not they have Covid-19, he added.