Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.- The state of Chihuahua controls the entry of countrymen from the United States through health filters when crossing the border to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The review points are located on eight international bridges including the four connecting Ciudad Juárez with El Paso and several reels of the entity, where road elements of the Secretariat of Public Security, as well as medical personnel participate.
There is a first filter, where the person who crosses is given a questionnaire, the temperature is taken, and if he offered data with any acute respiratory disease, this would cause the person to switch to the second filter, where there are already medical personnel is more thorough in the Arturo Valenzuela, medical director of the northern area of the State Health Secretariat, explained.
Doctors, he noted, assess whether anyone meets the characteristics to be a candidate for the Covid-19 test, and give him directions not to spread to his close circle. “If it’s a serious case, then (determined) pass it to a hospital,” he said.
In the units, he noted, people must provide the domiciles of destination and origin, the places they have been and how many people have lived in the last few days. If the person shows no signs of gravity, he said, he or she is sent home.
They really cater to everyone who goes through these filters and follows this protocol, he added.
In turn, Manuel del Castillo, a spokesman for the state government, indicated that there is also a first filter on the American side. You may be interestedInstala Ciudad Juárez mobile hospital by coronavirusSanitize cells in Chihuahua by pandemic Covid-19Aumenta Ciudad Juárez measures against Covid-19
There is also already a filter by the American authorities in the Migration area that make the report, that if there were any person with any symptoms, then it would almost be a second checkup in this case, he mentioned.
In the case of passenger buses, the staff of the checkpoints goes up to the unit and applies the question and temperature-taking protocol, without passengers having to go down. The Ministry of Health of Chihuahua asked the population to be addressed in these health filters to be cooperative so that the medical service can be provided in a timely manner. This week, Governor Javier Corral urged the countrymen to report on their visit to the state.
What we are asking is that we be informed properly and in a timely manner of your arrival because that is what we are looking for is to generate a diagnostic test of possible contagion, that is what we would ask for and call for, he said on Wednesday.
