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Alert for a second outbreak of Covid-19 in clandestine asylum in Nuevo León

The Secretary of Health of New LionManuel de la O Cavazos reported on the possibility of the existence of a second coronavirus outbreak in an asylum of the entity, because this Saturday an 87-year-old patient died at the Metropolitan Hospital, who was only admitted on Friday with problems of pneumonia and respiratory distress.

The older adult, who suffered from Alzheimer’s and high blood pressure, was cared for in a clandestine asylum located in the municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza, where there are six other elderly people who were cared for by three people. Both the deceased and the other six residents underwent PCR tests to detect Covid-19, and it is expected that this Saturday will have the results.

Manuel de la O said that all residents of this asylum will be sent to hospital centers, in case they develop symptoms of coronavirus, while the business will be suspended and its owner will be fined for operating without permission and without the appropriate conditions established by the Secretariat. State Health.

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The state secretary of Health commented that, accompanied by his team, he attended the tests and verified the conditions of the asylum; He found that they had the inmates crowded into two rooms where they shared the toilet and the dining room, a situation that should result Covid-19 positive the case of the person who died, increases the chances that the other six older adults have also been infected.

As for the Luis Elizondo asylum in the municipality of Guadalupe, Manuel de la O Cavazos reported that 57 residents and 19 employees tested positive for coronavirus in total, while 43 residents and 25 employees tested negative for PCR.

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He pointed out that the 90 older adults who were being cared for in the nursing home were transferred to various public and private hospitals, where until Friday, five were reported serious, but without being intubated.

During the daily press conference to publicize the update of Covid-19 figures in the entity, Manuel de la O pointed out that 28 more cases were registered to reach 1,015 patients, of which 614 are already confirmed by the Indre , and no additional deaths.

In order to raise awareness so that this May 10 no one visits their mothers to celebrate it, Manuel de la O, presented a video with the dramatization about a celebration of Mother’s Day, where the protagonist, one of his children, confesses: “My love killed mom”, because she did not believe in the virus and agreed to requests from her sisters to celebrate the date.

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