The director of the Center for Emergency Operations (COE), General Juan Manuel Méndez forecasts more than four million people will travel to different parts of the country during the Easter Week holiday. He says the number of vacation goers this year will be greater because of the good weather forecast. He observed that when there is bad weather, in terms of rain or high waves, more people tend to stay at home, but according to the director of the National Meteorological Office (Onamet), Gloria Ceballos, that is not expected to be the case next week.
The COE operation will begin on Holy Thursday, 18 April 2019 at 2pm and ends on Resurrection Sunday at 6pm. There will be 162 ambulances, 17 boats, six mobile hospitals and three helicopters at the ready. In addition, there will be 3,101 assistance points, 53 stations for cranes, 37 mobile workshops, nine regional control centers, and 1,521 rapid response units, which are motorcycles allowing the first aiders quick access to areas that ambulances cannot reach. This is in addition to the 911 emergency service.
The Ministry of Tourism has banned the use of motor vehicles and boats in and around the ocean and bathing spots from Easter Thursday to Sunday.
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Diario Libre
16 April 2019