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The Ministry of Health reported 3,683 new cases of coronavirus and 136 deaths. In addition, 66,157 doses have been applied. President Iván Duque announced the arrival of 2 million Sinovac vaccines against the coronavirus by March 7.
The Ministry of Health reported that this Thursday, February 25, 3,683 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the country. 136 deceased persons were also registered and 40,480 samples were processed in the last 24 hours. (Read: Coronavirus in Colombia today February 24: new cases, vaccinated and news)
As for the conglomerates, there are 1,502 and they are divided as follows: Amazonas, Antioquia (Ituango), Arauca, Atlántico, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Boyacá, Bolívar, Buenaventura, Caldas, Caquetá, Cartagena, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca , Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés, Santa Marta, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada, Guaviare and Guainía.
So far 66,157 doses of vaccines have been applied. This is the report sent by the Ministry of Health today, Thursday, February 25.
Duque announces the arrival of 2 million vaccines
This Thursday, President Iván Duque announced that in about 15 days, on March 7, 2 million doses of vaccines from the Sinovac laboratory will arrive in the country from China. The president noted that “he spoke with the president of China, Xi Jinping. We expect 2 million vaccines to arrive from Sinovac, arriving on March 7. That, together with other batches, will mean an important acceleration in the vaccination process ”. (You can read: The big mistake of saying that there are missed vaccines)
In addition, Duque celebrated the enactment of the capital cities law, which creates this municipal category in the legal system to differentiate them from departments and municipalities, and adopts mechanisms to strengthen administrative decentralization.
They register the lowest number of daily deaths from COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 6,965 global deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours on Thursday, the lowest figure since November 10, 2020, the last day on which fewer than 7,000 daily deaths were registered.
At the end of last January, record figures of more than 16,000 daily deaths were reached on the planet, and the accumulated since the beginning of the pandemic adds up to 2.47 million deaths (2.2 percent of the 111 million cases confirmed COVID-19). America is the region with the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 (1.1 million), followed by Europe (848,000), South Asia (205,000), the Middle East (142,000), Africa (71,000) and East Asia ( 28,000).
“Prolonged Covid”, a new concern of the WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) today made a call to prioritize actions against the so-called “prolonged Covid” or “persistent” (from the English “Long-Covid”), a condition that affects a quarter of patients a month after having overcome the infection and, one in ten up to twelve weeks later. (Also read: “Vaccines for sale” poster: a joke that many fell for)
Muscle and chest pain, fatigue, breathing problems and blackouts are some of the symptoms manifested by those who suffer from prolonged Covid (also called long Covid), according to a report prepared by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies .
