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Senator Guido Girardi asked that in the face of the “explosive increase in cases, especially in Santiago” that a total quarantine of the Metropolitan Region (RM) be decreed and that in the event that for social or economic reasons it is not possible, “it should be strengthened all measures to avoid contagiousness: isolation of all positives and their contacts in sanitary facilities and not in their homes. “According to the parliamentarian, only this way will the situation get out of control.
Girardi said that the situation in MRI is progressively worsening. “Not only do we have a significant increase in cases in the popular communes with few possibilities of isolation and avoiding infections, but we have also had a regrowth in the eastern sector of Santiago: Las Condes, Providencia, Lo Barnechea, La Dehesa,” he said. .
Senator PPD affirmed that the pandemic is getting out of control and we are going to have an increase in the total number of cases. We already have a positivity that exceeds 12%, which implies that there may be a demand that exceeds the number of existing ICU beds, particularly in the Metropolitan Region.
Girardi said that “there is a limit to increasing the number of ICU beds and ventilators, so all measures to prevent infection should be strengthened. The priority is to apply a sanitary quarantine throughout the Metropolitan Region to flatten the curve and avoid over-demand and defer it over time ”.
But he clarified that “if it is not possible to apply a total quarantine of the MR that has social support measures, then to be effective it must have a compliance of at least 80%; measures that reduce contagiousness and therefore the number of people infected must be drastically strengthened:
And he listed: “One, the isolation must be of all the infected. According to government figures, there are 15,438 assets and no more than 10% of them are isolated in sanitary facilities and with supervision. They are at home and infecting the rest of the family and close by. ”
He added “two, the search, tracking and quarantine of contacts should be actively increased, which today is far from adequate. For this, it is urgent to incorporate Primary Health Care (PHC) that maintains a capillary network in all the communes of the country ”.
“Three, in parallel, it is also urgent to apply a social quarantine, carry out more than 20 thousand daily tests, ideally 25 thousand. This is even more important if there are difficulties in achieving an effective health quarantine. So did the countries that have been successful in controlling the pandemic. “
“Fourth: if, as the Ministry of Health has pointed out, there are difficulties in substantially increasing the tests for lack of reagents, we propose the isolation of the symptoms in clinics and shelters while rapid antibody tests are applied, which, according to the minister, would be available. Those patients with positive antibodies and symptoms should be isolated and, those with negative but symptomatic antibodies, the PCR test should be applied in a focused manner ”.
“Fifth, insist on quarantined communities the closure of places with high attendance of people. In the case of free fairs, apply strict sanitary measures to allow their operation, such as separation of the stalls, mandatory use of masks and gloves for fairgrounds and the public. Availability of alcohol gel in all the stalls ”.
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