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São Paulo Municipal Secretary of Health, Edson Aparecido, said today that he believes the city will reach the highest weekly moving average of confirmed COVID-19 cases this week. The negative record, according to him, should be reached on Thursday: 20 thousand cases.
“There is a feeling that the pandemic has passed, but no. We are at an accelerated level,” he said in an interview with CNN Brazil.
To get an idea, the forecast of the Municipal Secretary of Health is that on the 17th we will have a moving average of 7 days, 20 thousand cases. This is higher than the most critical moment of the pandemic, which was in late April and early May. Then it will mean an increase in hospitalizations, bed occupations, anyway … The pandemic has not passed
Edson Aparecido, Secretary of Health of São Paulo
The secretary also commented on the plans of the state of São Paulo to start vaccination against covid-19. Although Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) has not yet authorized the emergency or definitive use of any immunizer, Aparecido said the plan’s start date is still January 25.
Vaccination in hospital and shopping center
He also stated that vaccination will be carried out not only in health units, but also in “satellite” points, such as shopping centers.
“We have the entire vaccination structure armed. We have an immunobiological storage center, which stores more than 7 million vaccines. From the moment the vaccines are received from the laboratory, in less than 36 hours, they will be available in our health units. between UBS (Basic Health Unit), UPA (Emergency Care Units) and hospitals, which will be widely publicized to receive vaccination, and we will have 500 satellite points, between shopping centers, churches, markets and drive-thru. School units, in which professionals will be administering the vaccine. We will have 27 thousand people capable of administering 600 thousand daily doses ”, explained the secretary.
Asked about how to avoid crowds or possible confusion about priority groups, he explained that he will use the SUS (Unified Health System) database.
“We currently have 7.5 million dependents of the SUS. They are registered people and will be vaccinated in the units available where they are already treated. We will do our best to avoid overcrowding. And also with information to contain the natural impulse of the person to get vaccinated. And for that, the role of the press is also essential, to inform ”, Aparecido highlighted.
