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What about the Magallanes region? That is the question that the Government is currently trying to solve.
In the last 24 hours he had 137 new infections, reaching 1,367 active cases and 25% positivity.
Negative figures that take several weeks, but which in turn have a variable that causes doubts.
According to the Chilean Society of Intensive Medicine, the Critical bed occupancy is 66%.
Why is Magellan so bad?
But why is the situation in the area so complex? According to Gonzalo Sáez, president of the Punta Arenas regional council of the Medical CollegeThis could be explained based on the relaxation of personal protection measures.
“It’s hard to tell, but clearly there has been an increase in relaxation of personal protection measures that made this curve start to shoot up ”, he commented.
“From that point of view, with inadequate control and with people with a low risk perception, we have no way to sustain these figures and infections will continue to increase “he added.
Why has this not translated into a saturation of the hospital system?
Despite the complexity of the situation in the extreme south, the healthcare network has not been saturated.
Some attribute this to constant transfers of critical patients to the Metropolitan region or to the death of the most serious.
For his part, the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Arturo Zúñiga, attributes it to the decrease in viral load product of the use of masks.
Tuesday was mentioned laboratory operation, because a controversy was generated by statements by the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, who spoke of the suspicion that they had a problem with the handling of samples in the Magallanes laboratories.
During the afternoon, the controversy cleared up, but on Twitter. Undersecretary Zúñiga used that platform to detail that after an ISP study, errors were ruled out in the processing.
Even so, and how doubts persist, the mayor of Punta Arenas, Claudio Radonich, requested an audit of the examinations that as a municipality they have done.
How can one solve what is being experienced in Magallanes?
The infectologist and dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Science of the San Sebastián University, Carlos Pérez, said that it is important that the people continue to respect self-care measures and that the authorities reinforce the testing, traceability and isolation strategy.
For the director of the master’s degree in Public Health at the Catholic University, Jaime Sapag, the active participation of social actors of the area.
Another area that is closely watched is the Aysén region, which has had three outbreaks in less than a week.
These are associated with a nightclub, a health residence and a boat linked to the aquaculture industry as confirmed by the local health seremi, Alejandra Valdebenito.
At the national levelOn Tuesday, the lowest number of new infections was reported since May 6 (1,054), of course that was determined by the consequences of the long weekend of National Holidays.
Alone 13,389 CRP tests were reported, the lowest in two months, and the positivity – which was 7.87% – became the highest in 41 days.
However, active cases rose to 13,026 and the DEIS added 23 people to the number of deaths associated with the pandemic, a figure that already adds 12,321 deaths.
For this Wednesday a new spokesperson from the health authorities is expected, in which in addition to news about the Step by Step plan, more explanations are expected in relation to what is happening with Magallanes.
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