Oscar Veiman Mejia
THE COUNTRY | Manizales
The virus in Caldas continues to circulate. A sample: In a police operation they arrested 20 people. Of them, 18 tested positive for coronavirus, according to the report by the Manizales Public Health Secretariat.
For this reason, at the beginning of December, a traditional month of celebrations, the authorities of the capital and the rest of Caldas reiterate the message of keeping the guard on social distancing, proper use of face masks, hand washing, isolation, among others.
The first three days of December came with ups and downs in the figures. The Caldas reports on Tuesday and Wednesday left seven deaths, each day. In Manizales, in those two days, four died. On Thursday the figure dropped to three in the department, all in the Caldas capital.
On Tuesday, in Manizales, the occupancy of ICU beds was 63.40%, that is, on yellow alert. On Wednesday it went orange, with 68.09%, and on Thursday it continued in this condition with 72.34% for 65 available adult beds.
The Territorial Directorate of Health of Caldas warned at the beginning of the month that with over 25 thousand confirmed, the figure projected at the beginning of the pandemic is exceeded. “It was not in the calculations of epidemiologists and with which it is shown that the Coffee Axis is going through the peak of the pandemic. Risaralda, with 23 thousand 810, and Quindío, with 17 thousand 310 ”, says Carlos Iván Heredia, director of the entity.
First pregnant woman deceased
A 33-year-old woman this week became the first pregnant woman to lose her life due to the coronavirus in Manizales. This was reported by the Ministry of Public Health. “The baby is fine, he was already born,” said Juan Diego López, epidemiologist of the entity. Nine thousand 58 women and eight thousand 32 men have been infected with the virus in the city.
It passed 2,000 cases
The Atardeceres commune is the first in Manizales to exceed the figure of two thousand infected. The situation is like this, cut to Thursday night:
Sunsets: 2.008
The Source: 1,694
North Citadel: 1,622
Ecotourism: 1,462
University. 1,364
Command: 1,346
Macarena: 1.317
Commune 12: 1,285
Station: 1,168
Palogrande: 1,061
Tesorito: 930
San Jose: 412
Rural area: 592
In phrases
Carlos Humberto Orozco, Secretary of Public Health of Manizales
“We have been almost 260 days since the beginning of the declaration of the pandemic for Manizales and we have almost added a daily death, we have 250 deaths attributable to the covid. And 50 who have died with covid, but their mortality is attributed to another cause “.
Carlos Iván Heredia, director of the Territorial Health of Caldas
“Only the first leaders may request authorization from the Ministry of the Interior to execute pilot plans for the reopening of night establishments, allowing the consumption of intoxicating beverages inside. But the most important thing is public awareness, because in family gatherings contagions can also be generated ”.
Fernando Ruiz, Minister of Health and Social Protection, indicated the following about requesting the PCR test from travelers entering the country:
“The ruling puts us in a very complicated situation and the considerations of public health and the defense of the epidemiology strategy are the most important at this time. Complying with the ruling would imply leaving 120,000 people in quarantine, of which about 80,000 have negative tests. So that is the situation and for this moment our consideration has been to define the impossibility of the ruling. What follows here is that surely the judge will have to make a few calls to enforce compliance, we believe that this is the decision that protects public health and we believe that we should stay that way. “
Christmas in family
Juan Diego López, epidemiologist at the municipal Health Secretariat, indicates the following:
– “The novena is a very beautiful devotion, but it is clearly familiar. I would say that it must be kept in the family nucleus and, of course, with people who are without symptoms of the disease ”.
– “It is essential that there are no visits. For about 10 weeks we have seen that the behavior of the virus has been limited to transmissions in families and horizontal properties, in neighborhood affairs. It means that we go through the girdle distance, the proper use of a mask, and other measures. If that happens, it is possible that after 15 or 20 days we will have a rebound in cases ”.
– “The idea is to generate options, for example virtual novenas. It is risky to have close contacts and more closely singing Christmas carols, because hard singing leads to exhaling with more force the aerosols that the virus contains ”.
– “The combination of liquor, covid and gunpowder is fatal.”
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