Next Monday, June 7, new measures to restrict movement and epidemiological control will come into force in order to reinforce physical isolation in the municipality of Morón and the capital town, because of the probability of a new outbreak and the worsening of the epidemiological situation in the province of Ciego de Ávila caused by COVID-19.

This Thursday, they were approved by the Temporary Working Group for the Confrontation and Control of COVID-19 in the territory, these regulations are due to the increase in positive cases, suspects and contacts, as well as the incidence rates of the epidemic per 100,000 inhabitants and a wide dispersion of the transmission of the virus during the month of May, which exceeds the previous record, registered on January 30.

The new measures take up the action models at the entry Control Points to both cities starting at 7:00 AM next Monday, which will limit the entry and exit of state and private cars, duly authorized in exceptional cases.

At the meeting, the paralysis of transport in the cities was established as of 4:00 PM, with the exception of vehicles linked to the confrontation with the pandemic and those that provide services to the economy. Once a day and, personally, the resident citizens inside and outside the perimeter, are authorized to buy the regulated products in the warehouses where they are registered, and in the same way, the peasants whose lands are far from the center of the localities will do it, to enhance their stay at the farms.

To avoid unnecessary crowds in the warehouses, administrators must organize the sale of regulated food, through couriers or using the number of the nucleus, and temporarily close the activities carried out by Self-Employed Workers (Jewelery, Repair of electrical equipment , Craftsmen, Tailor Dressmaker), while the candymen will only sell cake to go.

The measures include the strengthening of the main basic services of the population, with special attention to the areas decreed in quarantines and with active sources, and the reduction of the number of workers in the work centers, to promote remote work or telecommuting.

According to Carlos Luis Garrido Pérez, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in the province of Ciego de Ávila, the measures are maintained to close all services on the boulevard of this region at 3:00 p.m. and, the restriction of movement of people through this place and through other roads of the city and the communities from 6:00 p.m.

Similarly, on Saturday the service is limited until 12:00 p.m. and on Sunday there will be no services, while state and private establishments will operate until 3:00 p.m. Also, they should do it only with packaged products to take home.

Below we detail the rest of the measures approved by the Temporary Working Group for the Confrontation and Control of COVID-19:
• Animal owners will be authorized twice a week (Monday and Friday) to search for food (grass) if there are no conditions within the closed perimeter.
• Proceed and create conditions for the disinfection with chlorinated water of public areas and main arteries. • Ensure the effectiveness of the working group made up of the State Sanitary Inspection, the Comprehensive Supervision Directorates, in cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic and the Ministry of the Interior for the control of sanitary measures.
• Reduce sales of alcoholic beverages, rum by district, and bottled beers sold with food and dispensed one only to take away.
• Increase the confrontation and the organization and control system in the queues to avoid conglomerates of people due to the risk of transmission that it implies.
• Raise the application of severe measures contained in Decree Law No. 30 and January 31, 2021, in events such as:
• The non-use or incorrect use of the face mask.
• The non-existence of disinfection foot carpets, chlorinated or alcoholic water solutions in state entities, services to the population, non-state forms, as well as non-governmental associations.
• The permanence of people in living areas and parks.
• Provide services in gastronomic facilities to consume inside the place.
• Drinking alcoholic beverages in public places.
• The use of cultural and sports areas.
• Practicing exercises, playing games or stays on public roads.
• Allow minors or disabled adults to be on public roads, parks or other areas, the guardians will respond.
• Celebrating parties of any kind.
• Other provisions that regulate the Decree Laws and the health authorities.