Covid-19 tests will be made available to teachers for free, in addition to all schools being sanitized. Aware that a safe return to classes depends on the collaboration of all, the interim mayor Jorge Antonio Quintero Alvarado confirmed that the City Council has already put out to work to support the educational establishments of the municipality with various actions, and thus complement the protocols and measures that will be established by the Health and Education authorities in the state.
"We have already taken action on the issue of schools," he pointed out when leading the 7th. Municipal Health Board, where he stressed that one of the first points that is being worked on is in the sanitation of all educational centers, through the Public Services and Civil Protection and Fire departments.
In addition, he explained that through the Municipal Education Subdirectorate at least 6 of the 17 schools that have been detected to have some type of incident have been attended. So, the city council has responded to those that present minor damages and the rest of them will be channeled to the state authorities, as requested by the governor in his recent visit to this city, so that they can be treated and soon restart their work.
Likewise, Quintero Alvarado announced that the municipal government will make Covid-19 tests available to teachers for free. "The idea is that teachers who want to take a test before the start of classes or have any indication of suffering from the virus and those who decide they want to be more secure when coming back to school can do so."
To the above, he stressed, there are also educational support for backpacks, supplies, uniforms and shoes, which under health protocols will be delivered to students of public schools in Puerto Vallarta, to support families in their economy and do not have to make this expense in this reactivation process.
With the presence of the municipal president of Bahía de Banderas, Jaime Cuevas Tello, who for the second time joins these works of the table, the mayor of Vallarta also referred to the guidelines that will be established by both municipalities on the subject of public transport , to prevent contagions.
Within the framework of this meeting, the director of the VIII Sanitary Region, Jaime Álvarez Zayas, reported on the situation of Covid-19 in Puerto Vallarta, where he highlighted that there has been a slowdown in the number of confirmed cases, which means that measures should continue to be strengthened to continue lowering the rate of infections and that the actions that have been implemented by the Board of Health are giving positive results.
He highlighted that the mortality rate in the municipality also presents a deceleration since from August 1 to 8 it was 37.6 per hundred thousand inhabitants with a record of 113 deaths, while from August 9 to 15, it was 30.3 per hundred thousand inhabitants with 91 deaths.
On the subject of vaccination, he indicated that more than 200 thousand doses have been applied, completing the scheme of the age groups of 60 and over, 50 to 59 and those of 40 to 49 years. Next week, due to the characteristics of this biological, it is expected to apply the second dose of the Sinovac vaccine to young people between 18 and 29 years old, with the second dose pending for the population between 30 and 39 who received the Astra Zeneca vaccine. and an additional vaccination day is being arranged for all the laggards who for some reason have not received any vaccine, thus seeking that practically the entire population can be duly immunized.
During her participation, the director of Beach Tourism of the State Tourism Secretariat, Susana Rodríguez Mejía, presented the economic reactivation proposal prepared by the entrepreneurs of bars and clubs, which consists of a coordination program with the different productive sectors of the port for the timely detection of possible sources of contagion, through antigen tests in strategic places and in mass traffic facilities. This project will be presented to the State Health Board