{"id":5199,"date":"2020-07-10T16:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.traviesoevans.com\/travieso\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2022-05-23T05:30:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T09:30:33","slug":"state-of-national-alarm-to-attend-to-the-coronavirus-covid-19-sanitary-emergency-july-10-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traviesoevans.com\/travieso\/en\/state-of-national-alarm-to-attend-to-the-coronavirus-covid-19-sanitary-emergency-july-10-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"STATE OF NATIONAL ALARM TO ATTEND TO THE CORONAVIRUS COVID -19 SANITARY EMERGENCY July 10 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>STATE OF NATIONAL ALARM TO ATTEND TO THE CORONAVIRUS COVID -19 SANITARY EMERGENCY<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Presidential Decree No. 4.247 was published in Official Gazette No. 6.554 Extraordinary of July 10, 2020. Through said Decree, the State of Alarm to Attend to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Sanitary Emergency was declared (the \u00abDecree\u00bb).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>On March 13, 2020 and<\/span> May 12, 2020, the first<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> second Decree of State of Alarm to attend to the<\/span> Coronavirus COVID–<\/span>19 Sanitary Emergency in Venezuela were issued<\/span>, respectively<\/span>.<\/span> The period of time of each <\/span>of them<\/span> was<\/span><\/span> extended at the proper time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The Stat<\/span>e of Alarm is a type of state of emergency established in the National Constitution, through which the<\/span> constitutional rights may be temporarily restricted. Said state of emergency will last up to thirty days and may <\/span>be extended for up to thirty days<\/span><\/span> more<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Following are the most important aspects of the Decree:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Purpose of the Decree<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To declare the State of Alarm in all of the national territory, given the social circumstances that seriously risk the public health and safety of the inhabitants of the Republic of Venezuela, in order for the National Executive to adopt the urgent, effective, and necessary measures for protecting and preserving Venezuelan population’s health, with the purpose of mitigating and eradicating the risks of epidemic related to the coronavirus COVID -19 and its possible strains, assuring opportune, efficacious, and efficient attention to the cases that arise.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Persons\/entities subject to the Decree<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>All authorities of the Venezuelan National Government, in their national, state, and municipal ambits, will urgently comply with the Decree as a priority and will keep the National Executive opportunely informed, through the Executive Vice-presidency, of all situations under the jurisdiction of the same that are or may be affected by the risks of the coronavirus COVID -19 epidemic.<\/span><\/span>
The Executive Vice-president of the Republic of Venezuela and the Ministers, in the frame of their competence, will develop, through resolutions, the necessary measures\u00a0 established in the Decree.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. The natural persons, as well as the private legal persons, are under the obligation to comply with the provisions of the Decree. They will be individually liable when their non-compliance risks the citizens’ health or the full execution of the provisions of the Decree. Said persons must cooperate when for urgent reasons their cooperation is required by the competent authorities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Immediate Preventive Measures<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.The health system continues to be in permanent emergency for the prevention of and attention to the cases that may arise. All sanitary authorities, public officers and servants of the public health establishments, in the national, state, and municipal ambits, will obey the direct orders issued by the Minister of the Popular Power for Health, to the extent that they are necessary to respond to the sanitary emergency declared.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>The information about the public and private health centers designated and operating to conduct the process of attention to the cases detected and to be diagnosed must be daily updated.<\/span>
3. <\/span>The President of the Republic of Venezuela may order restrictions on circulation in specific geographical areas or zones, as well as the entry to or exit from the same, when necessary as a measure for protection against or containment of the coronavirus COVID-19.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The acts of the National Executive through which the aforesaid restrictions are established will provide for alternative measures allowing the circulation of vehicles and pedestrians for the acquisition of essential goods: food, medicines, medical products; the transportation to healthcare centers; the transportation of physicians, nurses, and other workers of health services; the transportation and movement of vehicles and persons by reason of the activities that may not be suspended according to the current legislation, as well as the establishment of routes\/corridors designated for sanitary purposes, when necessary.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>The President of the Republic of Venezuela may order the suspension of activities in specific geographical zones or areas. Said suspension also involves the suspension of labor activities the performance of which is not possible under any remote method that allows the worker to perform his\/her work from home.<\/span>
5. The following will not be subject to suspension of activities:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n