The Minister of Health, Santos Induráin, explained this Monday that throughout the week will start receiving medical supplies to cope with the coronavirus crisis. Specifically, they will be received in stages 114,800 masks, in addition to gloves and glasses, which will be distributed among the health centers. In the next few days they will also arrive tYou are quick to diagnose covid-19 early.
Some measures that have been required for days after the increase in infections among health personnel. For the moment, up to 161 professionals from the Navarre Health System have tested positive for coronavirus, among restrooms, socio-restrooms (where the staff of nursing homes is included), Administration, caretakers, maintenance, etc.
Induráin stresses that rapid tests will be used by applying prioritization criteria. In other words, health professionals and essential professions, such as firefighters or police, among others, will have preference.
On the other hand, the regional government rules out using the beds of the hotels of the Community to attend to patients because “at the moment it is not a necessity and it is not being considered.” In fact, Santos is forceful when stating that “at the moment there is no collapse situation. ” The Government is evaluating the option of enabling some hotels and establishments so that the toilets that require them may reside in them and reduce the spread of the virus.
“We have capacity for 120 places in the ICU”
The coordinator of the Contingency Plan, Alfredo Martínez, explained that “it is true that with the traditional ICU places we could not cope to the epidemic because we will continue to have patients in need of an ICU due to traffic accidents, etc. What we are doing is more than doubling the capacity of critical posts in Navarra. We are enabling the rooms available for monitoring with both equipment and professionals to significantly increase the number of units in the Community. In these moments we would be able to reach 120 seats and we are working to continue increasing them, depending on the needs that are detected “.
That is, all the respirators that are available in the Foral Community will be placed in those rooms that can be enabled to attend critically ill patients, such as the operating rooms of the operating rooms, the CMA rooms, endoscopy rooms, etc.
Suspension of flights
The director general of Transport, Berta Miranda, has appeared today to announce that since all flights are suspended today from Noáin airport. Of course, the airline Air Nostrum plans to resume service from March 29.
On the other hand, Miranda has explained that the transport of passengers and goods has fallen in Navarra between 65 and 94% since the State of Alarm was decreed. Referring to the difficulties of carriers to see their minimum needs covered in the journeys due to the closure of service stations and restaurants, Miranda has concluded that it is mandatory that “establishments that supply fuel or loading and unloading centers provide toilets and, if available, catering services “for these professionals. Official workshops have also been set up to repair freight vehicles.
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