The announcements include new appointments to his cabinet of government, a reform of the FODES law and others related to the Covid-19 vaccination plan.
On Sunday, April 4, President Bukele said via Twitter that he would be making several important announcements for Salvadorans in the coming hours. The list spans from a donation of thousands of vaccines against Covid-19 to new appointments in the cabinet of the government, here we discuss the most important.
1. “I received a letter from President Xi Jinping telling me that he will donate to our country 150,000 vaccines against # COVID19 ″Bukele wrote on the social network. This batch of vaccines arrived in the country on Tuesday evening, April 6. This was the fifth shipment received by El Salvador, with a total of 1,250,000 vaccines against Covid-19.
2. All public sector teachers have been given the vaccine The president announced, who also confirmed that on Monday, April 5, all teachers in that sector would be vaccinated and that they would start the same day with those from the private sector and then move on to university teachers.
3. On Wednesday, April 7 started the vaccination plan for people with chronic degenerative diseases and older adults.
4. Another of the most important announcements is the inauguration of the mega center vaccination scheduled for Monday, April 12. According to Bukele, it will have a capacity to serve 10,000 people per day.
5. New Interior Minister, Juan Carlos Bidegaín. Bukele announced on Twitter about the new appointment in his cabinet, who previously worked as a director at the Deputy Ministry of Transport and coordinated the logistics of the logistics of the PES, the SEM and the IECEES from the ministry from September 2020 to date. of Health. Bidegaín, son of the current education minister, was imprisoned in 2019 and placed under the orders of a San Salvador justice of the peace in response to a red broadcast or an international arrest warrant issued by the International Police (Interpol), Salvadoran court documents said.
6. New reform of the FODES law. Bukele announced that mayors will no longer receive 10% of the state’s current income, but 6%, of which 25% for operating expenses and 75% for community work. Bukele in turn mentions that a National Directorate of Municipal Works will be set up, which will approve the projects requested by the mayors.
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7. They allow the website to schedule the vaccination day against COVID-19: vaccinationcovid19.gob.sv. The process must be carried out according to the priority age groups. This way, starting Wednesday, people over 80 and patients with chronic illnesses can request their appointment to apply for the first dose, authorities said.
8. The establishment of the National Service for Municipal Works with GOES funds, who “will be responsible for approving the projects requested by the mayors.” Álvaro O’Byrne, the current director of FOVIAL, will lead this direction.
9. New Minister of Agriculture, David Josué Martínez, who has been in the Secretary of Commerce since the beginning of Bukele’s government.Chairman @nayibbukele, I humbly accept this appointment, I commit myself with enthusiasm and responsibility to fulfill the Master Plan #RescateAgropecuario, which I was proud to have helped establish to revitalize our agricultural industry. Martínez reports on Twitter.
10. Stay appointments enabled for vaccination against COVID-19 for everyone adults over 70 years oldAll people belonging to the previous stages will remain active, Bukele announced on Twitter.