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During the night of Sunday, November 15, and the early morning of Monday, November 16, when the eye of Hurricane Iota passed about 10 kilometers from Providencia, they stopped importing biosecurity protocols.
The only thing that mattered that night was saving himself from the fury of nature. For this reason, at the time of seeking refuge, it was not taken into account whether there were people infected with covid-19.
According to the authorities, until before the passage of the Iota there was a record of about 10 positive cases, but now, a week after the tragedy, 35 new cases have been confirmed, according to a letter sent from the Attorney General’s Office to the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz.
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In addition, it is awaiting the results of the tests carried out between November 20 and 22.
An urgent action plan must be structured to prevent the escalation of covid-19 cases, guarantee the supply of medicines
For this reason, the Public Ministry asked the National Government and the archipelago authorities to structure an action plan “Urgent to prevent the escalation of covid-19 cases, guarantee the supply of medicines, supplies and medical devices that are already in short supply and the permanent presence of health personnel in the emergency caused by the disasters caused by the passage of Hurricane Iota. ”
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Similarly, the Attorney General’s Office makes a call because there is a shortage of medicines, supplies, medical devices such as antiseptic alcohol, tape, micropore, cotton, slings, splints, equipment, strips and lancets for glucometry; Metformin, Losartan + Hydrochlorothiazide; losartan, enalapril, linagliptin, among others.
In Providencia the field hospital is already operating to care for the wounded and sick, but it also has an isolation area.
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“We have a special tent that will allow us that in case we have to treat patients with covid, the other patients will not be contaminated. But, in addition, the health personnel, who will be treating them, will have the best security conditions, “explained doctor Benjamin Moreno, national health leader of the Red Cross, who with the Ministry of Health and Civil Defense they take care of the field hospital.
However, some covid patients are being transferred to San Andrés in an Air Force plane, with all the protocols, where the impact was minimal, compared to the small island and there is a better hospital capacity.
To date, some 600 tests have been carried out in Providencia
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