Navarra coronavirus, last minute | more than 700 cases Thursday: ‘omicron forces to redouble efforts’

Navarra detected on Thursday, December 16 704 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to provisional data from the Department of Health. Are 52 cases more than Wednesday and they are below the 842 of 7 days ago, leaving behind a peak of the sixth wave, and above the 523 of 14. The week advances with 16% more positives than the previous one (2760-2381). The Community remains at the head of the State in incidence, with more than 1,330 cases in 14 days and more than 760 in 7, with 20.34% of the ICU beds occupied by covid patients, and awaiting the impact of the variant omicron, already in circulation in the Community, which “obliges to redouble prevention efforts,” said the president on Thursday. Pedro Sanchez.

The total number of people admitted for this disease is 136, 24 of them in critical. The Director General of Health, Carlos ArtundoHe said yesterday that “the necessary measures must be taken again to try to control the delicate situation as soon as possible.” For this, Salud has developed a series of “powerful recommendations for all these days of Christmas in order to try to stop or dominate this sixth wave that is being so explosive.” What does it translate into? What do you recommend no more than 10 people get together for the celebrations, both in the private sphere and in the public sphere of restoration; that when they can be done abroad much better; if it is indoors, let it be with ventilation, which “will reduce the risk”; and very important”, keep the distance between diners and use the mask.

After acknowledging that the situation in Navarra is “delicate”, but “not only in terms of incidence”, but because of “the impact it is having on our healthcare system“He pointed out that Primary Care professionals” are completely exhausted. “Likewise, they are also” stressed“the tracking system, surveillance, public health, PCRs, hospitalization floors and ICUs, although it clarified, in this regard, that” not only because of the covid, but also because of the non-covid “, since there are a lot of pathology typical of winter and a great number of pending things that are trying to recover.

Also, as he pointed out, “we have the variant omicron, which is increasing exponentially in all places and also in Navarra –on Wednesday there were 4 cases detected–, which we have been in for a few days, but it is rising like foam “.

“PRUDENCE WITH A SMILE” Faced with this situation, Artundo urged “to apply prudence with a smile”, because “there is a lot of affectation in mental health, there are people who are having a very bad time and it is not that we produce more drama or fear, but with tranquility, but also with the responsibility and seriousness that the moment demands, let us take the measures and be able to celebrate the meeting with our own in a smaller format “. However, he warned that “if we are not able to do what needs to be done and to control this sixth wave, reducing the number of infections, we will have to return to scenarios that we already know and that nobody wants.” And, to avoid this, “it is very important that society as a whole does its homework” to reduce the “important” transmission of the virus.

THE MASK In the after-dinner tables. Regarding the use of the mask, Carlos Artundo considered “obvious that while you are eating or having dinner no one is going to use the mask, or it is very difficult to use it, but there are after-hours, there are amounts of time that we do not wear it in the private sphere or in the restoration and the mask is a very important means of protection that we have to use yes or yes “. In fact, he explained that “the exposure time is a variable in terms of the transmission of the important virus. It is not the same to be half an hour without a mask than to spend 3 or 4 hours at a family meal without a mask.”

These days also outdoors. The Director General of Health recommended the use of the mask outdoors “at this time and when there is such a brutal transmission of the virus.”

Yesterday Pamplona reported 223 cases in total, highlighting 28 in Rochapea, 25 in Milagrosa, 24 in II Ensanche, 21 in Mendillorri and Casco Viejo-I Ensanche, or 20 in Txantrea. The capital was followed Estella-Lizarra In the daily list of infections by municipalities, with 28. Next, Tudela with 27, Sangüesa with 25, Sarriguren with 17, Zizur with 16, Altsasu, Tafalla and Mutilva, with 15, Olite with 12, Berriozar and Olazti with 10. ..:

THE LARGEST VACCINODROME IN NAVARRA With 14 vaccination lines, the Diocesan Seminary of Pamplona became the largest vaccination course that has been enabled so far in the Foral Community. It has the capacity to inoculate 2,800 daily doses and outpaces the UPNA (the sports center had 8 lines, which could be expanded to 12 with the fronton), Maristas (6 lanes) and Refena, Forem and different sports centers that have a lower number of vaccination lines.

The Seminar opened its doors yesterday to promote vaccination with a third dose of those over 70 years of age and the 60-69 group, which were joined in the afternoon by those under 11 years of age who began to receive pediatric punctures in a massive way.

In this way, the 14 vaccination lanes will be divided into two: seven for inoculation of the third dose and another seven to vaccinate children under 11 years of age, a group that has already started receiving the doses against covid-19 on Wednesday in Tafalla , Tudela and Doneztebe.

Regarding childhood vaccination, Kiko Betelu indicated that although it began on Wednesday in some rural areas, the “powerful” started yesterday in Pamplona. As he explained, the vaccine administered will be Pfizer, although it will be a version prepared “specifically” for children, which amounts to a third of the adult dose. The regimen will be two doses, administered 8 weeks apart, so the second will begin to be received from February.

The appointment is open for children between 11 and 9 years old, “from oldest to youngest because in principle it is more urgent to vaccinate the oldest.” “Although in the case of children, the main interest is to have the maximum possible vaccinated population, because unvaccinated children are not running any special risk, but there is no doubt that they are contagious, and hence the interest in reducing the number of people not vaccinated, “he added.

57%, BY APPOINTMENT According to him, in less than 48 hours of opening the summons, on Wednesday there were already 57% of children between 9 and 11 years old who had requested an appointment. It is expected that the vaccination may be extended to the rest of the ages the last week of December, always depending on the volume of citation and the number of vaccines received. Specifically, on January 3, 12,000 vaccines will be received, in addition to the 18,000 already received.

Regarding the booster doses for people over 70, Betelu indicated that it is “very advanced”, around 90%, according to Salud reported on Wednesday, and that at the moment vaccination is focusing on people between 60 and 69 years , as well as health and social health personnel, and people who were once vaccinated with Janssen and who require a second dose.

COVID PASSPORT IN SPORTS SPACES The president of the Government of Navarra, María Chivite, indicated yesterday that it is not ruled out to extend the obligatory nature of the covid passport and, in addition to being requested in hospitality, nightlife and residences, she said that “the possibility of extending it to more spaces such as spaces is being evaluated. sports, either gyms, sports centers, or events that may be massive in other types of spaces “. “We will see, there are already other autonomous communities that are using it,” he said.

Chivite said yesterday, in statements to the media in Doneztebe, that the assessment of the first day of child vaccination is “very positive” in the Autonomous Community since “they have responded very well to that summons.” “We want to accelerate as much as possible what has to do with vaccination,” he said, adding that “in vaccinating people over 60 years of age, we are at 60%, leading this vaccination at the state level; yesterday we started with the infant and we are going to have to expand the age groups, surely today it is approved at the state level from 50 years old “.

The president defended that vaccination is “the best strategy, the one that works best”, although she asked that “we continue with other recommendations such as the use of a mask.” In his opinion, “the third booster dose is working very well in the absence of hospital admissions, which is what worries us most at the moment.”

In childhood vaccination, Chivite pointed out that “we depend more on new vaccines that reach us, because everything that we can vaccinate before going back to school, after Christmas, is essential, but we do not depend so much on our own resources, which we have, but for the vaccines to reach us. ” “The next ones come in January, to see when and how many,” he said.

On Wednesday’s meeting with the hospitality sector regarding the situation of the pandemic in Navarra, he made a “positive” assessment, “there was good understanding.” “We are all aware that we have to be more strict in complying with the measures and the sector itself also saw it that way.” “There is a lot of social awareness in this regard and the sector is working on that,” concluded Chivite.

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