Madrid flu cases drop for two weeks in a row

Decline influenza incidence Ranked first in the Community of Madrid for the second consecutive week 81.3 cases per 100,000 residents, has led local governments to work on processing orders to Use a face mask Become a referral to health centers and hospitals in the area. This is an obligation marked by the Ministry of Health, which requires that the incidence rate in the autonomous regions decreases for two consecutive weeks, as has already happened.

In this way, the Minister of Health of the Autonomous Region of Madrid, Fatima Matut, confirmed the downward trend in the incidence of influenza, with the number of cases reaching 81.3 this week, compared with 159 last week and 177 the week before.In this way, the head of Madrid’s health department confirmed that the autonomous regional government is already formulating an order for the use of masks no longer mandatory

in health centers and hospitals and become recommended after meeting the criteria set by the Ministry of Health.

The adviser stressed that despite the order from Monica Garcia’s ministry, there was “no state of emergency or public health alert” to justify the measure.

On the other hand, the adviser stressed that despite the order from Monica Garcia’s ministry, there was “no state of emergency or public health alert” to justify the measure, which she described as “Improvisation”

. “We continue to educate the community in Madrid about the awareness of responsibility and, of course, not to panic people because the scale of this influenza epidemic is smaller than in previous years and, of course, there is no increase in mortality There is no higher income rate”, he defended.

To this end, he emphasized the mandatory use of masks No effect Influenza rates are declining in the region, a trend that was already occurring in the region before the measures were introduced. “We ask that appropriate measures be taken in sufficient time for other influenza outbreaks, rather than improvised, imposed and no alarm, As you can see, given that we are not in a state of health emergency or public health alert, which is what the health adviser has told the minister, incidence rates are falling and, as we have shown, rates continue to fall and continue to do so until the date, ” he concluded.