The Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Nicolás Kreplak, warned on Wednesday that “a wave of vital measurements is being seen” as coronavirus cases in the province of Buenos Aires have risen 100% from one week to the next.
“It’s under review a big wave because this thing about increasing 100% in a week is in question a very dynamic evolution of this viruswhich is mostly BA.2, which is a subvariant of Omicron that is 30% more contagious, ”Kreplak said.
In the statements of radiothe Buenos Aires official affirmed that “this week’s increase with respect to its predecessors in the province of Buenos Aires is 100%”, and explained: “We are more closely monitoring consultations in the health system and hospitals. we did that there is a significant increase in questionsstill very far from the moments that, for example, the third wave in the first months of this year, and in hospitals There is still no significant effect on intensive care or in severe cases. “
“The the issue of numbers is difficult to follow as previously observed because the surveillance strategy has changed“, explained the official, noting that” now there is nominalized follow-up of people at risk or with serious cases and admitted and others are done in Sentinel Units, in the form of epidemiological monitoring. “
“What we’re seeing is there’s a significant increase in queries, still very far from those moments that were, for example, the third wave,” Kreplak said. Picture Maxi Failla
In this context, the Buenos Aires official stressed: “The people with symptoms need to isolate themselves, even if they think they don’t have Covid. You need to isolate yourself until the symptoms have passed for five days and for five days you need to wear a mask at all times and not expose yourself to closed areas where they can infect others.
When asked about the impact of the increase in cases on the health system, he replied: “Lprojection yan we will not have saturation of the health systemThat’s why we’re not taking stricter measures. “
“The idea is you don’t have to do that [implementar medidas restrictivas] because we understand that the increase in hospitals is marginal and that the disease will not cause great mortality in society“, complete.
Regarding the vaccination strategy, Kreplak stressed: “We need vaccinate us all with the third dose. And cases where more than four months have passed since its application, now over 50 years old, they need to receive a fourth dose. “
In these lines, the Minister of Health of Buenos Aires referred to the possibility that children will receive a third dose of vaccine against Covid-19: “This is part of what was discussed at the last Federal Health Council (Cofesa). request that a third dose be approved in children between 5 and 11 years of age, which are the ones that can receive Pfizer as booster dose. It has been approved by the FDA in the United States and we are one of the first countries in the world to provide a booster dose to this group. “
Finally, Kreplak indicated that the decision to apply the third dose to children depends on the work of the National Ministry of Health, which has consulted with the National Immunization Commission (Conain) and the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat ), but clarified that “the most important thing is that Cofesa demands it”.
Source: Clarin
