translated from Spanish: Minister of Health and Alcohol Consumption during the Pandemic: “We Call for Moderation”

The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, referred to concern about the increase in alcohol consumption during quarantine and responded to doubts as to whether it should be considered an essential good or not.
“Obviously it’s a global problem, unfortunately it’s a problem,” the minister said, calling for responsible conduct, moderation and self-control in the matter to the entire population.
“We are concerned about the issue and obviously call for the moderation of the population,” he reiterated.
However, on the voices calling to exclude alcohol as essential, he explained that this point is not under evaluation “and it is not for me to respond about sales, because we are speaking from the point of view of people’s health”.
It should be remembered that the psychologist Carlos V-hringer, Director of Integral Protection and Therapeutic Support of the Home of Christ, expressed concern about the increase in alcohol consumption during quarantine, calling on the Government to exclude this product from essential goods.
He told The Third that following the confinement measures have deepened “mental health problems from stress and there has been a tendency in the adult population to consume alcohol during this period”.
“Today the Ministry of Economy is in question about what are the essential goods to buy. It’s a matter of seeing the deliverys how they’re providing alcohol. Before quarantines, there were rows outside the booties,” he added.
Therefore, the specialist called for “that the Ministry exclude alcohol from essential goods or at least be regulated in a different way. Today no one is checking if the one who asked for alcohol is of legal age or underage.”

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