The deputy of VOX in the General Meeting of the Principality, Sara Álvarez Rouco, has regretted that "once again" the Government of the Principality has not responded to all the questions raised in the COVID-19 Follow-up Working Group to exercise control to the regional government. This has been transferred by the deputy after the appearance of the Minister of Social Rights and Welfare. "It cannot be allowed that by the system they do not answer and that continuously, as has happened today, they throw balls outside, limiting themselves to saying that the guidelines and protocol are set by Salud," regrets the deputy. "Is that the management of one of the fundamental councils before COVID-19? Is the department's management accountable to the staff, families, and residents of the Asturias Senior Centers? ”Insists Álvarez Rouco.

"Despite the lack of specificity on the part of the counselor and his team," the deputy asked if Welfare has verified that all nursing homes -either from the ERA or privately owned-, are provided with equipment and supplies adequate toilet to prevent contagion; has insisted on the urgency, as defended by VOX and has thus transferred it to the General Meeting through a Proposal not of Law, to carry out the test in a universal way, both for the staff and for residents of public Senior Citizen centers and private and isolate the positives in COVID-19 from the healthy elderly, as well as how many rapid tests of the 20,400 that Asturias has received will go to nursing homes. In addition, the deputy has also transferred the concern of the Parliamentary Group for the elderly who are suffering alone at home the health crisis and has been interested in the means and the control carried out by Bienestar in this exceptional situation so that "there is not a single older neglected ”.

Likewise, from VOX, the need to draw up a contingency plan to anticipate the avalanche of applications and speed up the delays that the pandemic could be causing, both in the management of the Social Salary, the Dependency Law, and the number of applications to access a place in ERA centers.



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