Accidents, sampling, masks… This week we enter Spain in reality It seems to take us back to the epidemic period. call”stumbling foot disease” of influenza, Influenza A and Coronavirus disease Hospitals overcrowded over Christmas It is expected that there will be a peak after the resumption of work and school.This is a map of the hospital Spain.
this monday Monica Garcia,minister healthywill ask the autonomous region Mandatory use of masks at health center. He will convey this request to the MPs within the framework of an extraordinary plenary session of the Council. interregional committee on national health systems. This is one of the measures already taken by some regions.
Everything is based on data Carlos III Health Instituteattached to ministry of health. Last week, there was a 76% increase in flu infections and a 60% increase in hospital admissions. The national incidence rate is close to 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitantssome autonomous regions have overcome obstacles.
Triple epidemic of influenza, influenza A and COVID-19
taking this into account Latest data correspondence Last week of 2023the communities where the situation is most worrying are castilla la mancha (Incidence rate 1,709.7), followed by valencian community (1,501.4), Asturias (1,318.6), Canary Islands (1,285.3), Melilla (1,271.4) and castile and leon (1,209.9).
Even if there are more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, Aragon (1,195.2) and navarre (1,082.4).Their growth rate is already lower than the national average madrid (951.9), Catalonia (884.7), Extremadura (678.6), Galicia (584.9), Basque Country (553.8), Ceuta (550.6) and andalusia (504.6). cantabria It did not provide data for that week, but did provide data for the week before, with an incidence rate of 1,456.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
balearic islandsIts data goes back to week 50 of 2023 (December 11-17), with 271.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.It is also worth noting that each autonomous region Murcia and rioja Data are not provided through the national level Carlos III Health Institute.
Additionally, the center details that the highest rates primary health care they occur in Children under 1 year old, 4,154.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by 1-4 years old group (2,622.9).also Most affected are women (1,070.9) higher than men (829.7).
This is a map of autonomous region hospitals
From more hair to less hair, castilla la mancha There was no decision last week to return the masks to hospitals.Of course, since Toledo College of Physicians and Surgeons They welcomed the measure and recalled that they have always recommended the use of masks by vulnerable groups.
inside valencian communitythose with symptoms must wear masks when in shared spaces this weekend; professionals caring for symptomatic cases; working in intensive care unit and Vulnerable patient unit; In hospital emergencies or primary care, where patients and families are concentrated.
Case Asturias Similar to castilla la mancha.from principality They decided to postpone any decision until Monday, although it will be necessary to see if they take more types of measures themselves as they are implemented across the country.exist Canary Islandslast week already Some voluntary measures are already in place to avoid infection.
In communities with an incidence rate of more than 1,000, Melilla, castile and leon and navarre Last week they did not consider making masks mandatory in hospitals.The second community calls for personal responsibility, while The last one indicated the need for “regulatory adjustments”. Aragon He imposed it on health workers.
this Madrid’s neighborhoods accuse ministry of health ‘Lack of planning’ and delays interregional council national health systemand the elimination of the mandatory nature of masks, which will become a must-have item in hospitals. although, Catalonia She was one of the first to enforce this.
Galicia Stick to the recommendations before the end of the year and publish them Contingency planning as flu peak approaches, but he did not enforce the wearing of masks. As far as he is concerned, Basque Ministry of Health It also maintains that use is recommended but not enforced as it is now, when it will become mandatory.
he Andalusian Health Services He called for vaccinations to be opened every Thursday so that anyone can get vaccinated without an appointment, but masks were not mandatory until the Ministry of Health made them mandatory on Monday. balearic islands He didn’t think about it and Murcia He has been making such demands since Saturday.