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The governor of Santander, Mauricio Aguilar, reported that Bucaramanga and its metropolitan area are under hospital red alert due to the high occupancy of the Intensive Care Units.
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Aguilar noted that at this time, hehe main health centers in the territory have exceeded 88 percent of the occupation of their ICUs.
This is the case of the Foscal Clinic, which reports 100% occupancy; the Colombua Cardiovascular Foundation (FCV), 92% occupied; the Chicamocha Clinic, with an occupancy of 95%; and the ESe Santander University Hospital (HUS), 88% occupied.
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Víctor Raúl Castillo, Director of the Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, explains the situation in the health center due to the occupation of the Intensive Care Units. pic.twitter.com/y6xpnggOvA
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“Santander is going through a critical moment of the pandemic, because initially the curve was decelerated and stable, but since the beginning of December it has risen, reaching a variation of 35% during the last week compared to the previous one. It should be noted that, in the same way, the average daily mortality increased by 35% “Aguilar explained.
In this way, the Santander Health Secretariat points out that this trend in the capital could spread to other municipalities in the department as the weeks progress, thus generating a second peak of the pandemic.
According to Aguilar, Santander currently has a 78.16% UCI capacity, and the Bucaramanga metropolitan area 81.89%.
The governor also stated that the causes of this accelerated increase in covid-19 cases in the department is due to social indiscipline and disobedience, for which he decreed strict measures so that the crisis does not worsen.
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End of the year events and parties are prohibited in public or private spaces that involve crowds
“New Year’s Eve events and parties are prohibited in public or private spaces that involve crowds. In addition, It is requested that family reunions do not exceed 5 people in the place and avoiding the consumption of alcoholic beverages and handling gunpowder, “Aguilar said.
The Santander Police will carry out monitoring and surveillance to comply with these measures.
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