Chihuahua, Chih.– With 24 votes in favor and zero votes once morest, the deputies of the State Congress approved the “Law that Regulates the Measures to Prevent the Transmission of Viral Respiratory Diseases in the State of Chihuahua.”
The document was read by the president of the Health Commission in the State Congress, Yesenia Reyes Calzadías, and its provisions replace the “Law that regulates the mandatory use of face masks and other measures to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 disease. in the State of Chihuahua.
The deputy Deyanira Ozaeta of the PT presented a reservation of the transitory article referring to the repeal of the sanctions, so that the Health Council is the entity that establishes them at a certain moment, following a ten-day information campaign, in case of new epidemic outbreaks.
The spirit of the new law is preventive and contrasts with the reactive spirit of the past law. The new provisions will be published tomorrow in the Official State Newspaper and will come into force as of next Thursday.
