Executive Order of the Governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Wanda Vázquez Garced, To Adopt Additional Extraordinary Measures To Prevent, Slow Down and Control the Spread of Covid-19 and Order a Mandatory Quarantine of all Passengers Who Arrive at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in a Flight from the United States of America or Any Other International Destination in Accordance with the Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of Health of the United States and the World Health Organization
| Jurisdicción | Puerto Rico |
| Orden ejecutiva nº | OE-2020-030 Eng |
| Fecha | 30 Enero 2020 |
CERTIFIED TRANSLATION
GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO
LA FORTALEZA
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Administrative Bulletin No.: 2020-030
EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO, HON. WANDA VÁZQUEZ
GARCED, TO ADOPT ADDITIONAL EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO PREVENT, SLOW
DOWN AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND ORDER A MANDATORY
QUARANTINE OF ALL PASSENGERS WHO ARRIVE AT THE LUIS MUÑOZ MARÍN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN A FLIGHT FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR
ANY OTHER INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS:
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the
respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, known as
coronavirus or COVID-19, is a global sanitary and social emergency that
has reached the level of a pandemic requiring the effective and immediate
action of all governments and jurisdictions throughout the world.
WHEREAS:
On March 12, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Honorable Wanda
Vázquez Garced, promulgated Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-020
declaring a state of emergency to implement all necessary measures to
safeguard the health, welfare, and safety of everyone in Puerto Rico given
the imminent threat posed by COVID-19.
WHEREAS:
On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States of America,
Honorable Donald J. Trump, declared a national emergency as a result of
the development and exponential community spread rate of COVID-19
being experienced throughout the United States territory.
WHEREAS:
Since Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824), the Supreme Court of the
United States of America has affirmed the legal power of state
jurisdictions to take necessary measures to protect public health.
WHEREAS:
In the event of an epidemic threatening the health of the people of Puerto
Rico, Law No. 81 enacted on March 14, 1912, as amended, known as the
"Department of Health Act," gives the Department of Health the authority
to take the measures that it may deem necessary to fight against it,
including procedures for isolation and quarantine of persons who have
been exposed to or contracted contagious illnesses posing a risk to public
health, in accordance with the provisions of Regulations No. 7380, known
as the "Regulations for Isolation and Quarantine."
WHEREAS:
Article 6.10 of Law No. 20-2017, as amended, better known as the "Law
of the Department of Public Safety of Puerto Rico," authorizes the
Governor to declare a state of emergency on the island and put into effect
any state regulations, orders, plans or measures for emergency situations
or disasters or change them as the same may deem appropriate," as well
as to "issue, amend and repeal any regulations, and issue, amend and
cancel any orders, that it may deem appropriate to govern during the state
of emergency or disaster."
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