The president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, stated this Wednesday that the Executive has begun to study whether officials and public employees who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 should present negative PCR tests on a regular basis.
In an interview granted to a regional radio station, collected by Europa Press, he said that in the decree-law that the Government is preparing, that possibility "would fit", making it clear that it is not about "forcing" but about generating the "maximum health security."
According to the president, who is also an education official, public workers are "the first" who "should set an example" and therefore he asked himself "what is the point of a teacher not wanting to be vaccinated" and being with more than 25 students in a class.
Thus, he pointed out that this situation should be institutionalized and it will be done through the decree-law that will probably be approved this Thursday in the Governing Council, although he warned that we should not "rush" and close a document with all possible legal guarantees.
Torres said that the decree-law is "not intended to impose more restrictions" but to bring together all the measures approved by the Executive since the pandemic began -more than twenty and some rejected by courts-.
The document, which will not include issues that affect the fundamental rights of citizens, will be transferred to Parliament to be processed as a bill and thus receive contributions from parliamentary groups.
