Covid-19: Uberlândia extends the decree and Odelmo Leão rules out the confinement; new measures will be announced on Friday | Mining triangle

At the press conference, Mayor Odelmo Leão again demanded the opening of beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University of Uberlândia (HC-UFU). THE TV integration contacted UFU.

The status of vaccination against the coronavirus was also addressed during the pronouncement. (look down).

According to Mayor Odelmo Leão (PP), the new provisions will be announced until Friday, which will be valid on Saturday (20). The chief executive ruled out a lockdown, which is the total closure of non-essential business activities.

The announcement of the restrictions was extended after the request of the Secretary of Health of Minas Gerais, Carlos Eduardo Amaral, that the measures be aligned with other cities in the macro-region of the Northern Triangle.

“The Committee has already made a decision, but as it was decided with the Secretary of State, we will wait to take joint action. Tomorrow we will meet with the state advisory and we will see if what we propose is in line with the wishes of the entire region. As soon as this is aligned, the new determinations will be posted. I already said that the confinement in Uberlândia will not be adopted, ”said Leão.

As he did at the beginning of the month, Odelmo Leão again demanded the opening of more beds in the Intensive Care Unit of the HC-UFU. This Wednesday, Carlos Eduardo Amaral announced the opening of new beds.

According to the mayor, the municipality has opened 110 ICU beds, with authorization to open another 10, and has 142 pavilions. Currently, more than 100 patients who are in Integrated Care Units (UAI) are waiting to be transferred to ICU or wards.

“I appeal to the UFU again. You cannot stay as you are, I cannot accept that a federal hospital, in 11 months, opens eight ICUs and then says that it will open 100%. Only 100% of eight is 16. You have to understand that, at this moment, we are all in the same boat ”, said Leão.

TO TV integration The UFU was contacted, which reported that it will comment on the opening of new beds and on the mayor’s speech this Thursday (18).

Regarding the vaccination process in Uberlândia, the municipal secretary of Health, Gladstone Rodrigues, affirmed that there is no forecast to receive new doses of immunizers. Due to the lack of vaccines, the capitals of some states have already announced the suspension of immunization.

“The vaccines that we receive should end by the end of this week. We do not have a forecast on when we will receive new doses or how many we will receive. This is the current situation,” Rodrigues said.

In two days, according to the bulletins released by the Uberlândia City Council, 23 deaths from the disease were recorded, nine on Tuesday and a record on Monday (15), with 14 records, totaling 906 victims.

The decree in force in the city -which expires on Wednesday- restricts the days and hours of operation for non-essential commercial activities and prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages from 6 pm to 5 am, and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, in all establishments.

Your ICU beds for Covid-19, in both public and private networks, they are reaching the limit. In the municipal network, according to the bulletin, the rate is 96% occupancy. A week ago, the G1 showed that private hospitals were also close to vacancies.

Thus, the Public Ministry of Minas Gerais (MPMG) recommended that hospitals and private clinics, operators, insurers and health cooperatives in Uberlândia suspend surgeries and elective appointments.

What face-to-face classes, which began in early February, they were also suspended by determination of the Court in Covid-19 cases in the Municipality.

At the City Hall, four councilors were diagnosed with coronavirus: Drika Protetora (Patriota), Fabão (Pros), Gilvan Masferrer (DC) and Dandara (PT). And yet a parliamentary adviser did not resist and died. The house had to undergo a renovation.

According to the Vaccinometer G1, Uberlândia applied 16,893 doses of vaccine. The update is carried out daily based on the data published by the municipalities and the Vaccination Panel of the State Government.

On a visit to the city, the Secretary of Health of Minas Gerais, Carlos Eduardo Amaral, evaluated the Covid-19 scenario in the municipality and discussed action strategies in the Triângulo Mineiro macro-region. In Alto Paranaíba, the municipalities of the area covered by the Regional Superintendency of Health of Patos de Minas were recommended to confine them for 15 days.

This Tuesday the Secretary of Health of Minas Gerais, Carlos Eduardo Amaral, was in Coromandel, who is going through a crisis due to the lack of beds and professionals, in addition to the increase in coronavirus cases and the need to transfer patients to other regions. .

The objective was to carry out an accurate diagnosis and guide the mayor and the teams on the measures to be adopted in the city and region.

In other municipalities, sanitary barriers, curfews and dry laws were implemented, such as in Carmo do Paranaíba, São Gotardo and Araxá.

In Uberaba, Funed detected a variant of the coronavirus in six patients from Manaus who were treated in the city. The latest bulletin showed there are 315 deaths from the disease and more than 14,000 confirmed cases.