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According to the acting director of health and medical care for Stockholm, Johan Bratt, around 450 people are being treated in covid-19 hospitals in the Stockholm region. 66 people are cared for in the intensive care unit.
– We are now seeing a strong and rapid increase. Because of this, we have decided thatgo up in gain mode. This is so that we can pool our resources and review what care we can postpone, Johan Bratt said during the region’s press conference on Friday afternoon.
The region declined from a previous strengthening situation in February, following reports of a reduction in the spread of the infection. Now it is being introduced again.
“Travel only if necessary”
Infection control doctor Maria Rotzén Östlund said during the same press conference that the number of corona cases has increased dramatically in the last week:
– We see a 20% increase.
He reminded the Stockholmers that they must celebrate Easter safely.
– We must continue to celebrate in a small circle to keep the infection low. When it comes to travel: travel only if necessary. This applies to long and short trips, he said.
He urged the elders to be careful
To date, 54 percent of all people over the age of 80 have received their first dose of vaccine in the Stockholm region. According to Maria Rotzén Östlund, there are still reasons for those who have received the vaccine to be careful.
– No vaccine is one hundred percent. It cannot be ruled out that you can contract a mild disease and that you can infect other people. Continue to keep your distance and keep it that way for a while longer, until the infection has subsided.
You want to start phase 4 in May
Magnus Thyberg, vaccine coordinator for the Stockholm region, believes that 84 percent of older people in special housing have received their second dose of vaccine. Almost half of the municipality’s care staff in nursing homes and in the home care service received two doses of vaccine.
According to Thyberg, Stockholm may IStart phase 4 of vaccination, which includes people between 18-59 years old, already in May. But that presupposes that the vaccine doses arrive on time.
– It should not be the case that there are smaller volumes during March, April and May and then massive volumes in June, Thyberg said on Friday.
