March 27th, 2020

While in Toluca, the Central de Abastos and department stores operate regularly, as in other municipalities of the Toluca Valley such as Almoloya de Juárez, in Ecatepec the municipal authorities implemented an operation in the last hours, so that the merchants adjust to the commercial scheme "only to take away" or "by installments", in order to guarantee "social distancing" in that macro-municipality, where more than a million and a half people live.

The application of the measure in the case of Ecatepec, implied the launching in the last hours, of operation with special support from verifiers, so that street markets, markets, and mobile stalls adjust to the measures established by Phase 2 of the Contingency. Sanitary by COVID-19- In Toluca, however, the restrictions for “personal distancing” in the case of commerce, continue to be neither adapted nor generalized, except in the historic center of the capital, where around 50% of commerce under the curtains, while wholesale commerce and the ambulatory in corners and cruises, continues in a normal way and has even increased, which could constitute possible foci of infection risk if the pandemic spreads in the following weeks.

Even this Friday, the “Aviacion Autopan” Market operated regularly, where activities, as in the Central de Abastos, continued under the same dynamic from both vendors and customers, that is, without protection measures, as indicated the protocols for the Second Phase, although with a drop in customers and the absence of large riots. In the case of the Central de Abastos, there were no antibacterial gel dispensers available for the public, with the exception of some local exceptions that do display them, while the use of mouthguards, gloves, and aprons is not yet regular.

Staff

Translator: Martín Caballero