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An outbreak of coronavirus was detected in the Los Angeles Hospital, in the Biobío Region. The seremi of Health Héctor Muñoz confirmed that so far there are “38 infected officials: 14 patients and 17 relatives.”
While close contacts would come to 267 people.
The authority stated that “This is an important outbreak, demands were made to the hospital that will be verified today and if they are not present, we will proceed to initiate an investigation to find out why it occurred.”
For his part, the mayor of Los Angeles, Esteban Krausse, announced the start of a sanitary summary and called for reinforcing prevention measures in the compound, especially because the commune is the one with the most active cases in the region. reinforce protocols in hospitals that have a high probability of contagion and more when the commune is in quarantine due to the high percentage of active cases.
Edgardo Leiva, leader of the regionalized Fenats of Los Angeles, commented that the outbreak began last weekend and generated a significant decrease in personnel.
¨ The situation in the hospital is very complicated, this outbreak left us with approximately 40% fewer employees, since many were replacing personnel who are on guard because they are within the risk group. In addition, the officials are not performed a PCR and another problem is that when a patient undergoes the examination, which is not ready right away, they are taken to the services.
