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At dawn, the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, gave an interview to the radio Cooperativa. On the occasion, he addressed the case of the Metropolitan region, which as of this Thursday, backs down in the Step by Step Plan to phase 2, of Transition.
“The Metropolitan Region is in a situation of alert, and if it continues with this trend of increasing 20% weekly, which is a significant number, obviously the situation in January could be more complex”, said the health authority.
The pediatrician noted that from June to November, the situation in the region was more or less controlled, but everything changed in the middle of last month. “We began to see an increase in cases in mid-November, we had to move back several communes that were with more freedom,” he said.
To better face what is coming. Daza emphasized the importance of early consultation, that is, consult within 48 hours after the first symptoms, because this is essential for traceability. “We are seeing that half of the people who start with symptoms consult after 48 hours, that makes the person continue to circulate and continue to infect. That indicator in the last report improved a lot, from 55 to 58% consult before 48 hours, but we need hopefully 80% to consult before 48 hours “he pointed.
“That is why we are insisting that as soon as the person has a minimum symptom: headache, lack of smell, feel a little bad, put on the mask and go to the office to take the exam”, added. And he pointed out that testing is not enough, because 30% of people are asymptomatic.
But not everything is restrictive measures. No. The Undersecretary of Public Health set his gaze on the need for people to be able to live relatively normally, always with the corresponding self-care measures.
“We have to get the majority of people to live their lives as normal as possible, but in covid mode. That is why we have developed many protocols, the ideal is that we can all live in a freer way, but evaluating the risk ”, he said.
He also highlighted that in general the measures are fulfilled in daily life, but the problem is social gatherings, especially young people who have done a Renaissance of an event that was believed to be stale on the shelves of oblivion: the parties of touch to touch.
“We see that people respect the measurements in their daily lives. At work, on the street, they wear a mask, a certain physical distancing is maintained, there is a certain health culture that has already been imposed, but almost daily they send me photos of meetings, there was a party here. So, a call to the parents so that the children do not have parties of touch to touch. It is impossible to control all the houses in the country, so we have to understand that if we all learn to live differently we can get out of this situation “.
