Province sees four-fold increase in COVID-19 cases in two weeks

Director of the Provincial Institute of Epidemiology, Ph.D. Claudia RodriguezOutlining the current state of the coronavirus pandemic in the province, he confirmed that “infections have quadrupled in the last two weeks”.

With the emergence of a new subvariant of Ómicron, positive cases of COVID-19 are increasing again worldwide, including in Argentina, where two cases have been detected: one in the province of Buenos Aires and the other in Córdoba. .

In this picture of the situation, Dr Rodriguez revealed that at the national level, there has been a slight increase in positive cases, “It’s been the same in Formosa for the past two weeks.”

“Previously, the province registered an average of five to eight positive cases per week,” he said, while two weeks ago “We have 32 cases, 121 positive cases this week as of Saturday 19th”indicating a “fairly significant increase.”

Although he clarified that because of what was going on in other parts of the country, “we expected this,” in the sense that he noted: “We’ve actually quadrupled the number of positive cases.”

Precaution

In this case, according to the official, “what we have to do is, on the one hand, take precautions to prevent us from getting COVID-19 and other respiratory infections like influenza, bronchiolitis or pneumonia.”

He even recalls, “Until recently, we had more cases of flu”; however, “Today, COVID-19 has taken its place again.”

Regarding preventive measures such as keeping distance, washing hands frequently with alcohol gel, ventilating the environment, and using chin straps, he noted that “the use of chin straps is recommended in enclosed places and places with a large number of people.” Even ventilation and keeping distance cannot satisfy people. needs”.

In that case he asked to use it because he knew the chin strap “It’s one of those measures that people are unwilling to abide by.because it’s something we’ve been using for a long time,” but otherwise, he stressed, “it’s a really good preventative physical barrier.”

On the other hand, when asked if there were any hospitalized patients, she confirmed: “Yes, we have intensive care units, but they are progressing well and there are no complications leading to death.”

“This was a week or two ago and there are currently two people in the room who are hospitalized,” he said.

suggestion

Therefore, in view of this contagion situation, in order to prevent further deterioration of the disease, he insisted that in addition to other measures that help to “prevent the spread of the virus”, the population needs to be vaccinated, thereby reducing the “probability”. be infected.

Along these lines, he went on, “People over the age of 50 with underlying medical conditions such as high blood pressure or obesity, They are the most complex”.

Therefore, to prevent this from happening, he stressed that prevention is fundamentally about vaccination, and informed that, to be precise, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends booster shots every six months, “regardless of the amount” administered. dose”.

That is, “if more than six months have elapsed since the last dose, you must be vaccinated again”; the official confirmed that even if “you are not in a risk group, at least if you are more than six months old, You should still get booster doses.”
Vaccination

so, “It is important that people check their vaccination card again and go to any health center or hospital to get vaccinated “Closest to your home,” he noted, because “all vaccination centers across the province are working, including La Familia at Avenida González Lelong 645.”

So, “people can go to either of these: through the Director of National Intelligence, if they have a vaccination card, that’s even better, but if not, they can still get vaccinated without hindrance,” he made clear, noting that ” Notes are in order of arrival, so you don’t have to make an appointment and all vaccines are available.”

On the issue, he also said that “because we have had a low number of positive cases recently, we have relaxed and the perception of risk has gone away” which has added to the health of the province, which makes “he noted,” Very few people have been hospitalized”, in fact, “we’ve only had one death so far this year”.

Finally, Dr. Rodriguez emphasized the importance of “complete the vaccination program” and “know that defenses will weaken over time”.