In a video published today on the social networks of the A Pobra do Brollón City Council, our mayor Xosé Lois Maceda appears to update us on the current situation of the city council with respect to the coronavirus and inform us of the measures that are being taken.
The distribution of masks among the population is the focus of much of the video. The mayor begins by explaining the reasons why they are being distributed. handing out masks to people in groups with higher exposure, “which are obliged at this moment to have an important social contact”.
He declares that the mass distribution of masks will arrive “when the deconfinement phase arrives and therefore when the use of masks by all citizens is necessary.” Remember that at the moment the most effective measures currently to fight the virus are social distancing and hygiene measures such as hand washing.
Maceda insists that Isolation is the best prevention for people in risk groups – over 65 years of age or with pre-existing conditions. Remember that the City Council has a home delivery service for food and medicine so “they don't have to go out and expose themselves to contagion on the street.”.
Along these lines, the mayor also comments in the video published today that most of the masks distributed among the general population serve to prevent contagion but do not protect the person wearing them from contagion.
On the other hand, Masks are being distributed to children living in the municipality “because they may not be as careful about the safety distance” and also as a pedagogical strategy to get them used to wearing masks and learn how to use them correctly.
Among other ongoing measures that the mayor comments on in the video, are disinfection in places where more people are concentrated, o home delivery of essential products and dissemination of prevention campaigns of the coronavirus from official sources.
Maceda ends the video by thanking the mask donors and the volunteers who offered to help with the making and assembly of the masks, as well as all the neighbors for the responsibility they show in following the measures and rules indicated by the authorities.
