The Minister of Health, Luis Medina RuizIn this context, he specified: “It is an encouraging epidemiological situation because cases are decreasing, although not significantly, but a reduction in consultations due to fever in the guards has been noted. Weeks ago, we had 1,800 consultations for all reasons, with patients who mostly presented symptoms related to dengue. Two days ago we had less than 1,000 cases of febrile syndrome, there were only 600 yesterday, so we are waiting for this to continue.”
In another section of the conference, the minister said: “We have to take into account all the actions that have been carried out, plus the change in temperature. However, we must not relax, we must take extreme prevention measures in our homes, eliminating any breeding ground for mosquitoes and containers that have received water during this time of rain. As soon as the temperature increases above 15 to 18 degrees, the eggs will transform into larvae, so if we are going to remove a container that was filled with water, we must be careful to clean it inside.”
In COVIDMedina Ruiz added, we have noticed a decrease in positivity, yesterday there was only one case and this week we have had, for the first time in a long time, zero cases of COVID patients, despite the fact that hundreds of people have been swabbed. This does not mean that the virus is not circulating, so when we have a respiratory illness we must protect ourselves.
“Now that the temperatures drop a little, that we are going to be in more closed, poorly ventilated places, we have to take care of respiratory diseases, especially those people with dengue, who are immunosuppressed, with a viral infectious condition, with low white blood cells, lower defenses and are more likely to develop a respiratory infection,” he explained.
Regarding the vaccination campaign against dengue, the minister announced: “Next week teachers will surely begin to be vaccinated, we are going to confirm it between today and tomorrow since we have to guarantee operation and internet connection taking into account It takes into account the safety and education standards we have. We are making progress with health personnel, 680 agents have already been vaccinated, we are going at a good pace and with great hope of continuing to immunize.”
“It is important to remember that we are with the flu vaccine, with more than 68,000 doses administered. All people who are in nursing homes have been vaccinated, apart from health personnel, a couple of weeks ago people over 65 years of age were being immunized, or younger people who have some underlying pathology, immunocompromised, with respiratory disease or chronic asthma, pregnant women, postpartum women up to 10 days old and children between 6 and 24 months,” he concluded.
