During the afternoon of this Wednesday, the Minister of the Interior (s), Manuel Monsalve, confirmed the total suspension of classes in the Metropolitan region, of Coquimbo, Valparaíso and O’Higgins, in the context of the intense rains expected in the next hours.
According to what was announced, the measure will be applied for both Thursday, June 13 and Friday, June 14, which is added to what has already been decreed for the Bío Bío region and covers all nursery, basic and secondary education establishments. : public, private and subsidized.
“We have already asked the delegates to be able to transmit the information to the universities that the suggestion is made, as a result of the climate event and the risk that this implies, and if possible also suspend classes in Higher Education institutions.”Monsalve added.
“But it seems essential to us to be able to suspend classes. Obviously, it is a very intense meteorological event, which involves intense rainfall, wind and can also involve the fall of intense water in a very short period of time. And, therefore, there is a risk of material damage, but there is also a risk to people’s lives, and in order to protect people, it seems to us the most reasonable and sensible.”sentenced the authority.
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