27 July 2020 – Reopening of some businesses and activities in Coclé, Herrera and Los Santos

Type of Intervention: Regulation
Sectors Involved: Private Sectors and Businesses, Supply Chains, Transportation
Intervention Categories: Social and physical distancing measures; Reopening offices, businesses, institutions, and operations
Level of Jurisdiction: Provincial
Lead People/Agency: Ministry of Health

Overview: Administrative Resolution No. 672 of July 24, 2020, which authorizes the reactivation, operation and mobilization of some commercial, industrial and service activities in the provinces of Coclé, Herrera and Los Santos. (These activities are those contained in Block # 3), as of July 27, 2020.
Authorizes the opening of car sales in general, construction of the private sector, professional and administrative services and restaurants, which must operate at established times, respecting the curfew, Resolution No. 405, of May 11, 2020, and sanitary guidelines. for post-Covid-19 operations, issued by MINSA.
Full details here: https://yomeinformopma.org/static/dash/docs/decretos/Resolucion_No._672.pdf

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Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Scientific Evidence (e.g. academic paper, report)
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – other
Evidence/Justification: In the indicated provinces, the effective reproduction number of cases (Rt 1.23) of the contagious disease Covid-19 is low, there are no incidences of cases and the health teams are reinforced to respond to the presence of new infections, which is why which is considered viable the operational reactivation and the mobilization of some industrial, commercial and service activities.