The announcements included new appointments to his government cabinet, a reform of the FODES Act and others related to the vaccination plan against Covid-19.
On Sunday, April 4, President Bukele said on Twitter that in the next few hours he will give several important announcements to Salvadorans. The list includes from a donation of thousands of covid-19 vaccines to new appointments in his government cabinet, here we review the most important ones.
1. “I received a letter from President Xi Jinping telling me that he would 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 that El Salvador received, reaching a total of 1,250,000 vaccines against Covid-19.
2. All public sector teachers received the vaccine The president announced that he also confirmed that on Monday, April 5, all professors in that sector would be vaccinated and that on the same day they would start with those in the private sector and then continue with university professors.
3. Wednesday, April 7 the vaccination plan has begun for people with chronic degenerative diseases and the elderly.
4. Another of the most important announcements is inauguration of the megacenter vaccination scheduled for Monday, April 12. It will have a capacity to serve 10,000 people a day, according to Bukele.
5. The new Minister of the Interior, Juan Carlos Bidegaín. Bukele announced on Twitter about the new appointment in his office, who previously worked as a director in the Deputy Minister of Transport and from September 2020 until now has coordinated the logistics of PES, SEM and IECEES logistics at the Ministry of Health. Bidegaín, the son of the current Minister of Education, was captured in 2019 and placed under the order of a justice of the peace in San Salvador in response to a red broadcast or an international arrest warrant issued by the International Police (Interpol), according to the Salvadoran court documents.
6. The new reform of the FODES law. Bukele announced that the mayors will no longer receive 10% of the current state revenues, but 6%, where 25% will be operating expenses and 75% for works in communities. In turn, Bukele mentions that the National Directorate of Municipal Works will be created, which will be in charge of approving the projects requested by the mayors.
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7. These allow the website to schedule the day of vaccination against COVID-19: vaccinationcovid19.gob.sv. The process should take place according to the priority age groups. In this way, starting Wednesday, people over the age of 80 and patients with chronic diseases will be able to start requesting their appointment to apply the first dose, according to authorities.
8. Creation of the National Directorate of Municipal Works with GOES funds, who “will be in charge of approving the projects requested by the mayors”. Álvaro O’Byrne, the current director of FOVIAL, will be responsible for this direction.
9. The new Minister of Agriculture, David Josué Martínez, who has been Secretary of Commerce since the beginning of the Bukele government. “President @nayibbukele, I humbly accept this appointment, I commit myself with enthusiasm and responsibility to fulfill the Master Plan #RescateAgropecuario, of which we proudly participated in its creation to reactivate our agricultural sector. “, Mentions Martínez on Twitter.
10. Stay activated appointments for vaccination against COVID-19 for all adults over 70 years. All the people who belong to the previous phases remain active, Bukele announced on Twitter.