The Union of Mayors of Mexico City (UNACDMX) requested the government of the capital, led by doctor Claudia Sheinbaum, avoid a new stoppage of the economy in the face of which is already seen as a new wave of Covid-19 infections, now with the Omicron variant.
A new halt in economic activities, now due to the Omicron variant, will negatively impact the economic recovery of the capital, said the opposition mayors.
Santiago Taboada Cortina, UNACDMX spokesperson, assured that the opposition mayors agree with the decision of the central authority of Claudia Sheinbaum for the shops to continue open, but respecting the corresponding health measures.
The mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, Mauricio Tabe Echartea, he assured that the importance of the city remaining open lies in the fact that the unemployment rate does not want to increase.
“The city has to remain open and active, but safely,” he said.
“Another economic shutdown at the national level could cause the worst economic recession our country has experienced, after the Mexican Revolution. So, we need to please call all businesses, the entire industry, to take action; we from the governments are promoting this too “, added the mayor of Coyoacán, Giovani gutierrez aguilar.
Taboada Cortina reported that the modules for conducting the Covid-19 tests will be maintained in both Miguel Hidalgo and Benito Juárez.
He revealed that the UNACDMX mayors will join in so that there are more detection modules and will make agreements with more companies to offer affordable prices.
“The mayors of the UNACDMX will join in so that there are more detection modules such as those installed in Benito Juárez and Miguel Hidalgo. We call for the Government of Mexico City to open more modules with free trials because the demand is very high, “said the mayor of Benito Juárez.
Child vaccination
Mauricio Tabe explained that it is necessary that children also be inoculated to reduce the rate of infections, at the same time, this will help infants have the necessary defenses to face the virus.
“The call to the Government of Mexico City and the federal government is that there be tests, that there be vaccines for children and reinforcement for adults,” he said.
“I speak out that children are vaccinated as is done in other countries. Also that at a certain time people who have not been vaccinated do so,” said the mayor of Azcapotzalco, Margarita Saldaña Hernandez.
Actions
Regarding the actions that have been implemented as UNACDMX in the first 100 days of government, the mayor of Álvaro Obregón, Lía Limón García, reported that it was possible to increase the police force by 33%, the crime incidence also decreased by 34 percent.
With respect to the last quarter of 2020, he deepened, a Christmas Shield was carried out with the Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juárez and Coyoacán mayors, so that a white balance was achieved in the management holidays.
With the Private Initiative, the Jalalpa 2000, La Arboleda, Águilas-Japan parks were rehabilitated, as well as the Valentín Gómez Farías and G3 Sports Centers.
The mayor of Coyoacán, Giovani Gutiérrez Aguilar, emphasized the recovery of more than 30 public spaces, organization, transparency and urban services.
“We already had the first Job Fair, the Adopt a Park plan, delivery of ID cards to market tenants, 1,000 certificates for mammograms, a 3 out of 3 commitment in favor of women and a significant drop in crime of more than 24% with Escudo Coyoacán, “he revealed.
The mayor of Tlalpan, Alfa González MagallanesHe pointed out that in his demarcation in these first 100 days of government, more than 661 water leaks have been repaired, more than 80,000 tons of garbage have been collected, 3,074 lights have also been repaired.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Miguel Hidalgo highlighted that crimes have already been reduced by 25% with the Blindar MH Program, “an example of this is that during the Christmas holidays zero robberies were reported from home in this demarcation.”
At the same time, the OLA of services was implemented, which maintains different colonies every week.