Galicia registers this Wednesday the largest increase in coronavirus infections since the beginning of April, almost 300 new positives. Above all, the health areas of Lugo and Santiago are of concern. The situation is complicated in the residence for the elderly of O Incio.
A new screening in that center for the elderly has uncovered another 49 infections. Of the 116 residents, 87 are infected and four have died. Virtually the entire residence is infected with Covid-19.
In this scenario of advance of the pandemic, in the SER we collect testimonies that confirm the collapse in the SERGAS trackers service. In the health area of A Coruña they are overflowing, not all the contacts of the positives are called or a follow-up is done to confirm that they are in quarantine.
Laura is the partner of a person infected with coronavirus. The trackers told her that she did not need a PCR test despite close contact with the positive. She only received one call from that service, and she had to be the one to contact a primary care doctor to undergo the test.
In the case of Victor, despite being in contact with someone infected, it was impossible to contact a tracker to show you the steps to follow.
The family medicine association of A Coruña confirms this colpaso of the tracker service. They also say that the health centers of the sanitary area are overwhelmed, that they cannot take it anymore.
We have asked the Ministry of Health, for the moment, without an answer. They only confirm that they have contacted the defense ministry to accept Pedro Sánchez’s offer that the military be assigned to reinforce that service.
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