The largest city of Bolivia, Santa Cruz will be militarized as of April 14, with the purpose of strengthening the fight against the pandemic of new type of coronavirus, said the Minister of industrial development Wilfredo Rojo.
"We are at war with an invisible enemy, and since we are at war, we will not debate; citizens in times of war only obey", – said the Minister, whose statement was broadcast by state television.
According to him, "since Tuesday the entire city of Santa Cruz will be militarized, service supply and other basic services will be (work – ed) limited time".
At the same time, the head of the health Department Santa Cruz Oscar Urenda noted that the militarization of the need to prevent new cases of infection. However, he warned that in the coming days can be registered a sharp increase in positive tests for coronavirus for detection of cases who are still asymptomatic.
According to the latest data, the country has registered 275 cases of infection with coronavirus new type, 20 people died.
World health organization March 11 announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, the world has already recorded more than 1.5 million cases of infection, more than 92,7 thousand people died.
