They Order Mandatory Use of Masks in Exterior Spaces of Tocopilla After the Climate Emergency

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A week after the torrential rains that fell in the Region of Antofagasta, triggering cracks and generating the removal of large masses of mud, the councillor of the commune of Tocopilla, Bastian Pizarro and militant of the Communist Party, detailed on the emergencies that its inhabitants live, one of the cities most affected with the weather front. He remarked that [...] The post [Podcast]: Councilman Bastian Pizarro details emergency in Tocopil…

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The measure began to govern on August 22 and seeks to protect the population from exposure to dust and pollution generated by the accumulation of mud and cleaning work in the affected areas. In the context of the climate emergency affecting Tocopilla, the health seremi, Rodrigo Medina, confirmed the obligation of the use of mask for all people inside the city and moving through exterior spaces, as well as for those who carry out cleaning and rem…

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In view of the high pollution generated by sediments and cleaning work after the emergency, the Seremi de Salud decreed the mandatory use of masks in outdoor spaces for the whole community. This article Pollution Alert: Seremi de Salud confirms mandatory use of mask in outdoor spaces and cleaning work in Tocopilla was originally published in El Diario de Antofagasta.

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The Seremi de Salud reported the mandatory use of mask for people in the city of Tocopilla, specifically as they move through outdoor spaces and during cleaning and removal of soil or mud. The measure seeks to reduce the population’s exposure to suspended dust generated by the accumulation of mud and by the cleaning and recovery work carried out in the areas affected by the emergency.