The Ministry of Health reported this Monday 11 deaths from coronavirus and 1,807 infections in the last week in Argentina.
According to the data released, the number of deaths decreased by 31% compared to the previous report, when 16 deaths had been reported.
As for infections, the figure for this Monday represents a drop of 43% compared to last week (3,194).
In this way, there are 130,448 officially registered deaths at the national level and 10,042,136 those infected since the start of the pandemic.
Coronavirus in Argentina
The health portfolio indicated that there are 300 hospitalized with coronavirus in intensive care units, with a percentage of occupancy of adult beds in the public and private sectors, for all pathologies, of 41.2% in the country.
During the last week, 3 people died in the province of Buenos Aires, 3 in the city of Buenos Aires, 1 in Chaco, 2 in Río Negro, and 2 in Tierra del Fuego.
According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, the total number of doses applied amounts to 114,560,035, of which 41,136,465 people received one dose, 38,008,353 both, 3,170,457 an additional one, 22,509,730 the first reinforcement, 7,931. 950 the second, and 1,791,988 the third, while the vaccines distributed to the jurisdictions reach 125,562,782 and those donated to 5,083,000.
Recommendations to prevent the increase in cases of Covid-19
The Health portfolio recalled the recommendations to follow in the face of the scourge of Covid-19:
- Proper use of chinstrap in closed spaces, especially at times of high circulation of respiratory viruses.
- Adequate ventilation of environments.
- frequent hand washing
- Do not go to work, educational, social activities or public places in the presence of symptoms.
Regarding public transport, the Ministry recommended “wearing a chinstrap covering the nose, mouth and chin throughout the trip and keeping windows open if possible”.
Regarding health establishments, the national portfolio recommended:
- Verify vaccination status of all workers.
- Establish triage strategies, establishing well-differentiated flows between patients with respiratory symptoms and the rest of those who go to emergency or spontaneous demand sectors.
- Maintain standard precautions for prevention of acute respiratory infections.
- Use of chinstrap: it is recommended that all those who attend a health facility use a chinstrap, both patients and companions, to reduce exposure to respiratory viruses. The same applies to all health personnel in direct contact with patients.
In the case of asymptomatic people, Salud reiterated that those over 50 years of age, who have risk conditions or are personnel who work with vulnerable people, have priority to undergo a diagnostic test when symptoms appear.
In turn, if the person does not belong to these groups and has mild symptoms, it is best to take precautions not to transmit to others. It is not necessary to be tested, since the precautions are the same for all respiratory infections.
It adds that you should not go to work, educational activities or public places while you have symptoms, you should wear a mask for 10 days from the onset of symptoms in closed places, wash your hands, ventilate the rooms and avoid contact with vulnerable people.
Finally, in the event of a confirmed diagnosis or symptoms compatible with Covid, the Ministry of Health recommends:
- If you are over 50 years of age or have risk conditions and the test was positive, you must do what is recommended but, in addition, a strict clinical control and follow the recommendations indicated.
- If you work with vulnerable populations (health personnel, prison, people who provide care to vulnerable people) and the test was positive: you should not go to work activities, for at least 5 days, or up to 24 hours after they disappear symptoms.
- If the person is a close contact, they should not be isolated or tested.
* With information from Agencia Télam