Nearly 100 candidates die of Covid during election campaign

“According to data from the Superior Court of Electoral Justice, 17,000 candidates have been tested for Covid-19, more than 8,000 have tested positive and 96 candidates have died “added.

This Sunday, Paraguay holds internal party elections where candidates for mayor and councilor positions will be chosen in the municipal elections of October 10.

“Here, a safe campaign is not just about protecting the community, it is also protect the candidate for whom we want to vote. Thus, the responsibility for the campaign is also individual. Being a politician not only in our country, but in the world, is a profession of risk because you interact with many people “Sequera was quoted by local newspaper Ultima Hora.

In this sense, he mentioned the need to find a way to campaign without having to stop the next election.

“In the world all countries They did not stop their elections, but their campaigns have Strategies. We could not, but we have given some recommendations on how to do it. Equal we have 96 candidates who have passed away. Hopefully Sunday, voting day, won’t be a day that we add more deaths, not only candidates, but also voters ”, He said.

Sequera asked to take all possible precautions and quickly use the mask, avoid overcrowding in polling stations and fundamentally respect health measures.

In the Chamber of Deputies, an attempt was made to table a bill to suspend for the second consecutive year the party and municipal elections, which were to take place last year, but without success.

The Superior Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) estimates that due to the health context, turnout in Sunday’s elections will be low.

Paraguay yesterday exceeded 400,000 infections virus since the first infected were detected in March 2020, reaching a total of 401,243, while 11,294 people died for disease.