Concerning COVID-19 infections, the Prime Minister indicated that these have not been reduced, adding that —unfortunately in the past week— the number of deceased people has increased by 43.9%.
"Within this framework, it seems important to us to communicate to the citizenry that we cannot lower our guard; contagion is the starting point of critical situations. From this perspective, we have agreed to maintain restrictive measures for each risk level," Bermudez indicated.
The government's spokesperson reminded reporters that —at this moment— there is a set of provinces at high, very high, and extreme risk levels. Thus, she said, this situation does not allow the Government to make measures for those risk levels flexible.
"The measures, which we are going to communicate, will be implemented during the next three weeks from Monday, April 19, to Sunday, May 9. However, we will be monitoring each of the provinces to find out if the situation improves," she announced.