San Juan: a 16-year-old girl died of coronavirus

A 16 year old teenager He died this Sunday from Covid-19 in the Rawson Hospital, San Juan. According to official sources, the minor, a native of Caucete, had comorbidities and did not have no dose of the vaccine against this disease.

He is the second minor victim in this province, in the last four days, after he died last Wednesday an eight year old girl, according to the Ministry of Public Health of San Juan.

The eight-year-old girl was also hospitalized at the Guillermo Rawson Hospital and, like the 16-year-old girl, suffered from comorbidities and did not have any vaccination doses.

as specified Cuyo’s diary, in the last days it was observed a rise in positive cases and pediatric hospitalizations, which is why Public Health asked fathers, mothers and guardians to vaccinate girls and boys against Covid-19. Also, they urged that they complete their own immunization schedules.

The Ministry of Public Health of San Juan asked the population to complete the pediatric vaccination schedules and reminded that from December 28, 2021 vaccination for children between 3 and 11 years old is without shift.

In particular, this Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health reported that seven people died in San Juan from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. In addition to the 16-year-old girl, a 72-year-old woman, a native of Albardón, who remained hospitalized at the Dr. José Giordano Hospital, died; an 84-year-old woman from the Capital, admitted to the Dr. Guillermo Rawson Hospital; a 75-year-old man from Rivadavia, admitted to the Santa Clara Clinic; an 88-year-old man from the Capital, admitted to the Santa Clara Clinic; a 90-year-old man from Sarmiento, admitted to the Dr. Ventura Lloveras Hospital; and a 78-year-old man, from Capital, El Castaño Clinic boarding school.

With this number, San Juan accumulates 1,229 deaths from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the report on Sunday.

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