Initially, the second phase of the economic reopening process was scheduled to begin on July 7, and would include the reactivation of the plastic, paper, cardboard and footwear industries, as well as call centers, restaurants and mass transportation.

An official statement dated July 5, 2020 details that "... the Government of President Nayib Bukele has responsibly decided to postpone the second phase of economic reopening, and to extend the first phase. And once again it asks the deputies of the Legislative Assembly to approve a regime of national exception for 15 days, and not in a targeted manner."

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Silvia Cuellar, executive director of the Salvadoran Exporters Corporation (Coexport), told Elmundo.sv that "... they respect the decision of the Presidency of the Republic to maintain phase one of the economic reopening and not move on to phase two. Before starting with the first phase, they agreed that the start of each one depended on the evolution of the pandemic."

Cuellar added that "... It is always made clear from the beginning that the development of the phases was always going to depend on the situation of contagion and that this guideline was going to come more from the Ministry of Health. Therefore, in the last meeting and the last one we had with the Minister of Economy (María Luisa Hayem), in Coexport, it was made clear to us that while it is true, there was a reactivation plan, but that ultimately for them everything depended on the level of infections."

Source: elmundo.sv

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