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During the night of this Sunday, the former Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich he spoke with Matías del Río in a new edition of Estado Nacional Prime about the current outbreak of the pandemic that has been classified as a second wave.
In that sense, according to Mañalich, “We are faced with a disease unique in a century. In that sense, this is not influenza, it is not the common cold, it is not Ebola, it is a disease that is quite unpredictable. ”
In the same way, he explained that with the information that was kept in the beginning, it was believed that “there was a very strong correlation between the cold and the possibility of getting sick and therefore, the countries of Europe and Asia, coming out of their winter, came out of their first wave. In summer the disease practically disappeared, especially in Europe, to return in a second wave more violent than the first “.
However, he stressed that “this behavior linked to its latitude does not hold. The hope that we were going to have a calmer summer faded according to the facts. “
Regarding the preparation that our country must have, he indicated that “you have to be worried“, despite the fact that” the Intensive Treatment Units are still sufficient, but their capacity must be increased. This effective reproduction rate is very strong. “
As explained by the doctor, one of the points de “super distribution of the disease” sIt occurs in clandestine parties, where a higher level of contagion is concentrated than the regional average figure and that of these the disease is spreading.
“I think we have to incorporate new technologies for traceability and case investigations. I am in favor of this type of exam being carried out at the International Airport and that as long as the result is not obtained, it is kept in quarantine, because a PCR of origin is unreliable because there are mafias that sell false certificates, there is a very wide alert from the international police that there is a very favorable terrain for the falsification of documents, vaccines or robberies, “he said.
He added that “there are several rapid antigen tests, in 15 minutes is the result. There are already several authorized by the Institute of Public Health, but they must be implemented. “
Regarding the regression to phase 2 or Transition of the Step by Step plan, Mañalich stated that “The Metropolitan Region has a relatively low rate of infection, but the problem is that many people live here, so those thirty-something per one hundred thousand means that there are more than three thousand infected people. So it means that closing the region is to protect our neighbors so that the cases in Valparaíso, Coquimbo or Rancagua do not increase. “
Another point that the doctor wanted to clarify is that, in his opinion “The word quarantine is misused, since this is the isolation of the person who is ill and of their close contacts, “noting that the correct term is” confinement “or” confinement “, measures that maintain” adverse effects that are being intolerable for citizens. “
Faced with some questions about the setback of the phase setback in some aspects but that if others remain, such as being able to travel by plane to other countries, Mañalich indicated that “there is no symmetry in all measurements“and that” I believe that these measures should be restricted, but I do not believe that those who arrive with a positive PCR, in the community transmission rate that we have, influence too much “.
Regarding vaccines, the former minister pointed out that “Chile has secured contracts to vaccinate its entire population with four vaccines in particular. The first that are programmed are those of Pfizer and in second place the Sinovac of China where there are five million committed doses “.
“To have an incidence, what a person over 70 years of age who is vaccinated can protect himself from dying during the next winter, but From the point of view of the circulation of the virus, until we have vaccinated 70% of the population, 14 million people, if the contracts are fulfilled, we are talking about June with great luck. I want to be super clear, we do not have the possibility of vaccinating a significant proportion of the entire population for next fall where, we are really going to have the second wave, so that the Chilean population is sufficiently protected and that is why an effort must be made to prioritize those who are going to be vaccinated first, “said Mañalich.
Complaint against him for deaths in pandemic
The former Minister of Health referred to the complaint against him, which he described as having “a political context. It is about prosecuting the actions of the Government of President Piñera in the handling of the pandemic and in that sense, I am very calm in what the Prosecutor’s Office has to do. I have no peace of mind regarding speed, which produces a very negative externality very important. When you are in this situation, you are somehow in a kind of internal exile within the country, objected to as a public person. “
When consulted about the emails that are questioned, Mañalich indicated that “If it depended on me, I would open everything, but I believe in the prudence that Minister Paris has had. I see it now in the vaccines, that is, it is going to see a kind of war to have them and for us it is fundamental that the routes of arrival of the vaccines are kept in reserve, because otherwise they will not arrive, as happened to us with the fans, where we had to do a secret logistics to be able to equip hospitals with respirators so that no one was missing “.
“For example, if they inform me of an email that the population of an ‘X’ regiment is 30% ill, that’s a state secret. We cannot go into detail that the military personnel moved from one place to another, “he stated.
Complaints from Espacio Riesco
Mañalich referred to the complaints for non-payment of about three billion pesos for the rental of the Espacio Riesco to be used as a field hospital to face the pandemic. It is in this scenario that the former minister criticized the complaints, noting that “I think there is a lobbying effort on the part of this businessman through the different media, as to mention it in this program, things that people have not done to the one that the State owes him money for the masks, for the respirators, or the clinics themselves. The State is a good payer but it delays. “
He also explained that “here in particular we have a contract signed by the Undersecretary of Healthcare Networks, which is one of rent of 80 million per month, for five months of which I think everything has been paid, or something will be missing. That contract is ready. The second contract that was complementary and related to the North Metropolitan Service that was for provision of additional services, it was objected by the Comptroller’s Office, because opposition parliamentarians asked that it be reviewed before signing it and the Comptroller’s Office said it is illegal “.
In the same way, he stressed that “the one that responds to him for this second contract is the North Metropolitan Service. I understand that they are talking, but there is a very significant difference in value that the controller estimated that they were services that were already provided in the first contract and that There was a replication of this, I imagine that this will be resolved when they agree on a value for this service that the controller agrees with, otherwise there is no payment. In short, if someone has signed a contract and believes that the result is unfair, they have to go to court“.
Future in politics
The former minister ruled out an eventual candidacy as a constituent and near future in politics, assuring that “I am not a professional politician, I am a professional doctor, I want to return to academia I’m not going to continue to involve the political world in any way. “
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