El Día de Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia transcurre con tranquilidad, según la Defensa Civil

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00:00In this holiday that mobilized thousands of citizens who are devotees of the Virgin of Altagracia,

00:05the patron saint of this country, where from different places in the country they moved.

00:10Since Friday, it has been a tradition that has been maintained for many years,

00:13where civil defense once again plays an important role in two directions.

00:18In preparation for what was this great scenario, as you could see,

00:23from very early on, from Saturday, we were doing fumigation work in the area,

00:28conditioning so that those pilgrims could be in the best conditions.

00:33And also in the staging, we were attending to citizens who had expectations,

00:37as a result of situations that were generated,

00:40palea, let's say, high or low pressure situation,

00:45dehydration, which are typical of this type of pilgrimage,

00:48where citizens decide to go to make devotion for the Virgin of Altagracia.

00:52In the same way, civil defense was working in the province of La Vega,

00:56in the sanctuary, which is also an important part of our population.

01:00It is going to be a religious cult, of devotion to the Virgin of Altagracia.

01:05And for this civil defense operation, it appointed more than 2,000 volunteers

01:11in different places in the country.

01:12You saw them all the way from Gran Santo Domingo to the province of Altagracia.

01:17Our volunteers, once again, and the team that we have,

01:21of quick response, were on the road supporting the population.

01:25Something to report, any accident, traffic?

01:29Yes, well, several accidents were caused during this holiday.

01:35Three accidents, but nothing regrettable.

01:37There was no loss of life, which is the most important thing in this case.

01:40That is why the prevention work is vital,

01:42since we established that an important citizen was going to be ambulated.

01:46They attended, in the case of civil defense, which had two positions,

01:50of health care, 226 people, of which only one was taken to the hospital.

01:58In addition, they were attended there, in these tents that had mosquitos.

02:02In the same way, eight children were attended, who were infected.

02:06We are talking about the fact that civil defense was on this entire journey,

02:10supporting the population, from dawn to dusk,

02:12to be able to avoid unfortunate situations.