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It is not true that the mask does not protect against infection; With regular use of the mask, patients can prevent transmission of coronavirus infection and healthy people can protect themselves from infection, said János Szlávik, chief physician at the South Pest Infectious Diseases Department. .
Photo: MTI Photo / Zoltán Balogh
In his words, attention should be drawn to the importance of the use of masks because it is not yet widespread, it is not used everywhere and people do not use them properly.
The second wave of the epidemic is much larger than the first wave, with more and more patients, but he believes that responsible behavior by people can prevent the catastrophe that has been experienced in some Western European countries.
The average age of those infected is much lower than before. Elderly patients are the ones most in need of hospital treatment, but if they become heavily infected, middle-aged non-chronic patients may also be hospitalized on a ventilator. Therefore, it is everyone’s individual responsibility to wear a mask, regardless of age group, said János Szlávik, chief physician in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Central South Pest Hospital.
At South-Pest Central Hospital, new capacities opened Saturday in the intensive care and inpatient units. The influx of patients is continuous, but the staff can do their jobs, added the chief physician.
He said that many experimental therapies were used in the first wave of the epidemic in the spring, which has now been clarified, which tablet treatments are effective in the early stages of the disease, and plasma therapy is also becoming more common.
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