Julio Sandoval, an intensivist doctor and member of the advisory team of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) said that the second block of economic activities in the country would open from this Tuesday, May 26.
According to Sandoval, the opening would happen according to schedule. In fact, a week ago, the Minister of Health, Rosario Turner, announced that each of the economic blocks would be opened every 14 days.
The economic reopening plan was divided into six blocks of activities by the Government. The first was launched on May 13 and included retail stores, electronically; spare parts workshops; technical services; artisanal fishing, and aquaculture.
The second block includes the construction - halted since last March 25 - of public infrastructure works, non-metallic mining, industry and churches and parks, but only with 25% of its capacity and keeping a distance of 2 meters between people.
In fact, the specialist highlighted that a large part of the young population is part of the work activities that are within this second block.
"This [coming] Tuesday the second block will be reactivated and we invite the people to put into practice everything that has been learned regarding sanitary measures," he added.
Lastly, he reminded the population between 20 and 50 years old that despite the fact that some statistics on Covid-19 favor them, those same numbers also indicate that 76% of total cases, 57% of hospitalized patients and 28% of deaths correspond to that age range.
"It is not a disease only of elder adults," said the doctor. Based on epidemiological reports from Minsa, which so far account for a total of 10,267 cases, 339 hospitalized and 295 cumulative deaths.
This week the Health authorities announced that every 14 days a block of activities will be reopened, although they also specified that this will depend on the Rt (number of infections per person) being below 1.
UPDATE: Sandoval later clarified through his Twitter account that the probable progress in the opening of Block 2 is conditional on epidemiological indices and that the contagion rate remaining low, adding that official communication about the reopening of each of the blocks will be given through official channels of Minsa and the MICI.