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Nearly 50% of PCR tests today are positive, another sign of the second contagion storm

The curve is on the rise and although today the infections were not counted by the hundreds, the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of Santa Cruz warned that of 76 PCR tests carried out, a total of 33 were positive, that is, a figure close to half of those processed this December 20, 2020, a new sign of the second storm of infections announced by the Health authorities.

But why were so few tests carried out against a latent flood of infected? The Headquarters director, Marcelo Ríos, argued that only 2 of the 15 authorized laboratories processed tests during the Sunday session, one from social security and the other private.

Regarding the weekend, not everyone operates and Ríos explained that This is due to a shortage of human resources. The lack of health professionals who work on weekends and during the nights, taking advantage of the installed capacity in the laboratories, it is a latent problem.

We could do activity in laboratories public, such as the case of El Remanso, and we would have personal enough and increase night and weekend shifts and thus allow the population have more diagnostic spaces“reflected Ríos, making it clear that this responsibility rests with the central government.

The new infected are added to an accumulated of 47,803 positive cases registered. The 33 new cases are from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 16 of them are men and 17 women. Among those affected are four people over 60 years of age. In addition, 174 rapid tests were performed, of which 41 were positive.

“Iwe persist to population have responsibility and self-care. Let’s see the consequence of our acts. It will depend on each one. Si la population does not take the respective measures and does not They think about the future that will come, we will be the next year toasting people who are no longer. Sean responsible of their acts, the disease will not have consideration with us, “Ríos urged the people of Santa Cruz.

This December 20, from the municipality of Santa Cruz They exhorted the population and sectors to contribute to the efforts to contain the virus, to those who delegated the responsibility to enforce sanitary protocols and biosafety measures, therefore, more than ever, stopping the storm is a collective task, according to authorities.

This Sunday there were 57 recovered, adding to the total of 40,477 since the pandemic began. Today he did not regret deaths, the accumulated figure continues with 4,434.

The curve is on the rise and although today the infections were not counted by the hundreds, the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of Santa Cruz warned that of 76 PCR tests carried out, a total of 33 were positive, that is, a figure close to half of those processed this December 20, 2020, a new sign of the second storm of infections announced by the Health authorities.

But why were so few tests carried out against a latent flood of infected? The Headquarters director, Marcelo Ríos, argued that only 2 of the 15 authorized laboratories processed tests during the Sunday session, one from social security and the other private.

Regarding the weekend, not everyone operates and Ríos explained that This is due to a shortage of human resources. The lack of health professionals who work on weekends and during the nights, taking advantage of the installed capacity in the laboratories, it is a latent problem.

We could do activity in laboratories public, such as the case of El Remanso, and we would have personal enough and increase night and weekend shifts and thus allow the population have more diagnostic spaces“reflected Ríos, making it clear that this responsibility rests with the central government.

The new infected are added to an accumulated of 47,803 positive cases registered. The 33 new cases are from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 16 of them are men and 17 women. Among those affected are four people over 60 years of age. In addition, 174 rapid tests were performed, of which 41 were positive.

“Iwe persist to population have responsibility and self-care. Let’s see the consequence of our acts. It will depend on each one. Si la population does not take the respective measures and does not They think about the future that will come, we will be the next year toasting people who are no longer. Sean responsible of their acts, the disease will not have consideration with us, “Ríos urged the people of Santa Cruz.

This December 20, from the municipality of Santa Cruz They exhorted the population and sectors to contribute to the efforts to contain the virus, to those who delegated the responsibility to enforce sanitary protocols and biosafety measures, therefore, more than ever, stopping the storm is a collective task, according to authorities.

This Sunday there were 57 recovered, adding to the total of 40,477 since the pandemic began. Today he did not regret deaths, the accumulated figure continues with 4,434.

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