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The Secretary of State for Health of Minas Gerais, Carlos Eduardo Amaralsaid on Thursday (14) that he recognizes the quality of the analyzes produced in the federal offices of Ouro Preto and Minas Gerais, which warn of the danger of alleviating social isolation in the state due to the underreporting of cases of COVID-19, due to the low tests. However, in contrast to the same scientific literature, it considers that the indicators used by the government to measure the extent of the pandemic – occupation of ICU beds and incidence of serious respiratory conditions: they are reliable and guarantee the safety of program execution Conscious Mines. In force since April 30, the initiative establishes protocols for the gradual resumption of economic activities in the municipalities of Minas Gerais.
“I see many people focusing on evidence as if it were the only way to monitor what is happening in society in relation to the pandemic. We have a multimodal evaluation. Focusing only on the evidence seems to me a myopic vision. It is important that everyone understand that the tests are part of the strategy we have, but the main objective, to which all the preparation of the Secretary of State of Minas Gerais, the structuring of health and care networks, is intended, “argued the leader in the virtual press conference. this Thursday (14).
Amaral believes that it is not yet time to start large-scale exams, a method on the list of World Health Organization (WHO) criteria that must be met before loosening the Quarantine. According to the secretary, the technique is still being studied by his teams, mainly taking into account the limited availability of kits in the country.
“We are monitoring occupied beds and occupied beds with COVID-19 suspects (patients) on a daily basis. This monitoring is very reliable because we have been doing it for many years in the state. That is, we have experience, trained personnel and very reliable data And, in this sense, there is no significant increase in COVID-19 (which prevents the implementation of the reopening protocol), “he defended.
In Sade’s portfolio chief’s opinion, the Conscious Mines program is not concerned with the flexibility of social isolation, but with what he called “coordination” and “measure adequacy.” “What we want the municipalities to do is stick to the program, pay attention to our waves, so that we can have adequate measures, the appropriate size of the bed,” he stressed.
Peak
New project carried out by Sade’s secretary indicates that the pandemic peak in Minas Gerais he was postponed to June 9 – One day more than the previous forecast. The forecast of the total number of infected in the state includes two calculations:Brazil standard“, with 2,916 confirmed cases, and the “Minas Gerais standard“Significantly lower, with 2,046 infections
The projection of occupation of intensive care mining beds follows the same line: 1.6 thousand in Brazil and 1,140 in the Minas Gerais standard.
