The Secretary of Health, Carlos Mellado, assured this Saturday that the Department of Health has not accepted any recommendation that promotes the closure of schools in Puerto Rico.
It’s a lie that the COVID – 19 Vigilance System of the Department of Health issues a document recommending that the teacher of the schools that I have returned to present classes, at least until the 19th of April, also in the cases of COVID -19 in the Isla.
“Schools, as many as private ones, are safe. Constantly, the schools are monitored by the Vigilance System, and on this day, have not registered a single gross of COVID-19 in a school plant”, said Mellado in written declarations.
According to the Secretary of Health, the protocols in the schools “are rigorous, the educational staff is vacated and the monitor is effective in detecting cases”.
“For this reason, the promotion of all schools in Puerto Rico has not been justified. .
This week, 14 municipalities appear with a high level of transmission, so that public and private schools in these areas can not receive students.
“Our actions are consistent with the dates and we continue to be companies that connect with us to help save the health of our people, especially our students. There is no time to shake the guard, but it is time to close the door.” “If this is the place that most protocols are in at the moment”, Mellado points out.