(CNN Spanish) - A little over a month after activating the third phase of economic reopening of Puerto Rico in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, Governor Wanda Vázquez signed a decree in which she again ordered the closure of several establishments already authorized to operate. The decree will be effective from July 17 to July 31.
The government reported that based on the trends of the confirmed cases, it is estimated that for the week of August 13, there will be around 5,000 accumulated cases and that from the mathematical models, they infer that the projected trend indicates a sustained weekly increase . As of July 16, the Puerto Rico Department of Health registered 3,119 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 7,455 probable cases, and 172 deaths.
Some of the shops that will have to close their services are gyms, movie theaters, discos, casinos, amusement parks, theaters and bars.
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The curfew will be maintained daily from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am The sale of alcoholic beverages will be prohibited from 7:00 pm
The closing of the beaches is also ordered for the use of bathers with the purpose of sunbathing, socializing or grouping. The marinas will be closed for recreational purposes, including jet skis. The beaches can only be used for people to carry out physical exercise, or to practice surfing or diving. Competitive activities of a professional or non-professional nature are prohibited.
Authorized restaurants and shops may receive only 50 percent of their customer capacity. Lines will not be allowed outside the establishments.
In early May, the island's government authorized the start of a first phase of reopening the economy, including financial institutions, construction sectors, and businesses such as hardware stores, car maintenance services, as well as medical and legal offices.
When the first positive cases of coronavirus were registered in Puerto Rico, in mid-March, the authorities decreed a quarantine and a curfew to prevent the increase in infections.
The second phase of reopening the economy began on May 25, when some businesses reopened with a gradual scheme that depended on the surface and capacity of the premises, the merchandise or services they sell and whether they were open or closed shopping centers. The closed-form shopping malls began on Tuesday, May 26, the tasks of training, training and preparing employees and tenants to receive the public again.
However, it was not until June 8 that they began to receive clients from 9 am to 5 pm, following strict compliance with preventive measures such as the use of masks and physical distancing. The maximum occupation is at the rate of one person for every 30 square meters.
For their part, open-format shopping centers began to operate with 50% of their capacity of people. Laundry, hardware, travel agencies, pet care and beauty salons also reopened.
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