[News] "This disease is consuming you": Minister of Agriculture urges not to let your guard down before COVID-19

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Agriculture Minister Jorge Montenegro said Thursday that lowering his guard before COVID-19 is a bad sign for the po[CENSORED]tion, so he recommended strengthening prevention measures in the face of the pandemic.

In an interview with the RPP News Expansion program, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) related his experience as a COVID-19 patient after learning that the Minister of Production, Rocío Barrios, tested positive for the new coronavirus.

"It is a disease that is still fatal, I fell on May 5 or 6 if I remember correctly, I was in the clinic for 10 to 12 days and then I went through a quarantine process. The fact of letting my guard down it is a bad sign, on the contrary we have to strengthen it, "he said.

 

In this sense, Jorge Montenegro insisted on a call to the po[CENSORED]tion to redouble the effort to maintain the obligatory social distancing, the washing of hands and the use of the mask.

"This is a quite delicate disease, intense pneumonia as doctors indicate, high temperatures in terms of fever, I have had close to 40, total discomfort, congested joints, bad stomach and this disease is consuming you because you lose your taste, hunger decreases, you start to dehydrate and if it is not treated in time it can cause loss of human life, "he said.

Creation of FAE-AGRO
On the other hand, Minister Jorge Montenegro highlighted the creation of the National Government Guarantee Program for Business Agrarian Financing (FAE-AGRO), which seeks to approve credits for working capital of small farmers.

"It is aimed at family farming, all those farmers and producers that have less than five hectares and it is to ensure the 2020-2021 campaign that begins in August," he said.

 

 

Jorge Montenegro explained that FAE-AGRO is similar to Reativa Peru as an auction mechanism. He assured that in the next two days there will be regulations for this program, made official today with Emergency Decree No. 082-2020.

"Here we are talking about up to 30,000 soles, all those who can access a loan of 15,000 soles have a 98% state guarantee and those who access the 30,000 soles credit can have a 95% guarantee," he clarified.

 

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