The Secretary of Health of Baja California,
Alonso Pérez Rico
, reported that at the wedding of actor
Armando Torrea
with his partner
Laura Pérez
, the daughter of a local businessman, he left more than 100 infections of coronavirus, according to local media.
The wedding was held on October 3 in a private room within an exclusive subdivision in San Pedro Residencial, in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, and so far more than 100 of the guests have already tested positive for COVID- 19.
Nearly 300 guests attended the marriage bond.
The actor published a photo of the event on his official Instagram account where it is observed that neither the bride and groom nor the guests took into account sanitary measures such as the use of face masks, temperature measurement filters and disinfection, nor was healthy social distance taken care of.
Armando Torrea / Instagram
It should be noted that since September the number of active infections has increased in Mexicali, since this weekend's report is of 219 cases of the 421 in the state of Baja California.
The Secretary of Health even criticized the lack of responsibility of the guests and of the room where the wedding ceremony was held, because the reopening permit was with the condition of applying all sanitary measures to prevent contagion of the virus, and, in addition, exceeded the number of guests at party venues which is limited to 50 diners.
The State Commission for the Protection of Sanitary Risks will initiate the investigations of the party hall of the subdivision for violating the restrictions in the Mexicali event gardens, reported the Mexican newspaper 'La Jornada'.
The 37-year-old actor's wedding was initially scheduled for April, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic to take place the first weekend in October.
Among the guests were businessmen and personalities from the middle of the show, such as actor
José Ron
, who enjoyed food, drinks and music in a small space.
Armando Torrea / Instagram
Secretary Pérez Rico warned that among those infected there are elderly people, although none are reported as serious, they even report that some are asymptomatic.
The Baja California Health Secretariat reported that 9,488 positives have been registered since the start of the pandemic, 1,621 deaths and 216 active.
Officially, the state is on a high alert orange traffic light for COVID-19 in Baja California, the week of Monday, October 19 to Sunday, October 25.
According to the information provided by the official, until this October 19, 86,338 deaths and 854,926 accumulated positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in the country.
Likewise, there are 176,742 suspected cases without a sample, of which 33,886 have the possibility of giving some result.
Although, 1,024,804 negatives were registered, 623,494 recovered and a total of 2,187,985 people studied since the first case reported last February.
Meanwhile, the proportion of people who have tested positive stood at 40% in week 41 of the epidemic.
"Yesterday we clearly saw how the percentage of positivity increased, having closed at 38% last week, we opened at 40%, this is maintained and we can see that slight increase between weeks 40 and 41. This increase also it is congruent with what was shown yesterday by Dr.
Ruy López Ridaura
, in which we have entities that in recent days are having a significant increase in cases, in some of them they are already clear signs of regrowth, "explained the epidemiologist.
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