The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), General Juan Manuel Méndez has announced that 45,521 people will be working to support COE’s Easter Week 2019 operation. Easter Week holiday is the equivalent to the US Spring Break, with schools called off the entire week. The aforementioned number will include Civil Defense volunteers, doctors, paramedics, and members of the military and police.
The operation will start on Easter Thursday, 18 April at 2 pm and finish on Easter Sunday, 21 April at 6 pm. The COE has said that the purpose of the operation is to try and prevent traffic accidents and drowning as well as intoxication.
In addition, there will be 3,101 assistance points in important places such as beaches, swimming spots, roads, highways and avenues throughout the country.
The director on the National Institute of Ground Transit and Transport (Intrant), Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, reminded everyone that heavy vehicles are not allowed on the roads from Easter Thursday at noon to midnight on Easter Sunday.
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9 April 2019