The Covid It ceased to be among the priority issues of the day due to the low number of cases registered at this time in Argentina, however, the health authorities ask that the population complete the schemes since a regrowth is expected with the arrival of the cold.
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In Santa Fe the rate of vaccination continues to be good. “It is advancing but logically the intensity has decreased,” they pointed out from the province, which strictly speaking has a percentage of dose applied (first, second and third) higher than the national average.
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92% of santafesinos has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, 87% the second and half of the population the third (at the national level it reaches 41.3%).
During April and May, the number of those who apply the booster dose will surely increase (which is the slowest one) since, according to official recommendations, you have to wait 90 days from when a person was infected with Covid to apply the vaccine.
Taking into account that the peak of cases in the province occurred in mid-January, from mid-April thousands of Santa Fe residents will be able to be vaccinated.
According to data from the Ministry of Health of Santa Fe, in recent days 12 to 14 thousand doses per day are being applied throughout the territory (14,131 on March 30).
Vaccination against Covid is free either to start the scheme, complete a second dose or reinforcement.
Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines are currently being administered in Rosario at the Portal Shopping, Luz y Fuerza vaccination clinics and at the Provincial Geriatric Hospital, without a shift.
The fourth dose, intended for very specific groups, is by appointment.
Positivity, at 4%
According to the data provided by the municipal Health Secretary, the positives of the total swabs last week were just 4%. The previous week that figure had been 7%.
In January, when Omicron peaked, 8 out of 10 people from Rosario who were tested for Covid were infected (80% positivity).
The slowdown in infections is overwhelming. All epidemiological variables improve and there are almost no people hospitalized for complications from Sars Cov 2.
However, there are alarm signals worldwide (in China there is a major outbreak with a number of cases that exceeds all numbers so far in the pandemic), which adds to the arrival of the cold in the southern hemisphere. This encourages doctors to ask the population to comply with essential care to minimize the transmission of the virus, which, although it is low today, continues to exist.
The use of a mask in closed places, avoiding crowding, ventilating the environments, washing hands with soap and water and keeping the vaccination schedule up to date (which allows avoiding serious illness) continue to be essential measures to reach the winter in the best possible way and avoid a saturation of the health system both in the outpatient part and in hospitalizations.
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