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The Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid , Enrique Ruiz Escudero, defended in front of the Madrid President, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and his Vice President, Ignacio Aguado, the need for the region to wait at least a week to request the pass to the Phase 1 of the de-escalation . This has been confirmed to EL MUNDO by sources from the regional government.

Ruiz Escudero "only asked for one more week" to balance the health parameters of the Community of Madrid and minimize the chances of a regrowth, according to the same sources. Faced with Ayuso and Aguado's refusal to wait this time, the counselor assumed the decision of the coalition Executive and precipitated the resignation of its director general of Public Health, Yolanda Fuentes, also opposed to requesting a pass to Phase 1.

In fact, the document sent late last night to the central government with Madrid's request to go to Phase 1 of the de-escalation is not signed by any regional political official , although after Fuentes's resignation his immediate superior could have signed it, Ruiz Escudero. "The document is assumed by the Ministry of Health," sources said last night.

In two television interviews, Díaz Ayuso has defended this Friday that "the highest health authority is the counselor" and that, with respect to whether the requirements for moving to Phase 1 of the de-escalation are met, "he considers it so."

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