In the middle of the third wave of covid infections, and with record numbers in the country and in various parts of the world, the San Juan health situation set off a new alarm. It is that the Public Health authorities are concerned about how the personnel who are working in the portfolio is decreasing rapidly, fighting hand in hand against the pandemic, for testing positive for coronavirus or being close contact.
As an example, from Health they revealed that at this moment the Rawson Hospital is working with 66 fewer nurses, all casualties produced in recent days, precisely when more cases are being reported and more work is needed in the health ranks. Of the professionals affected in the main health center in the province, 26 tested positive for covid and the other 40 are close contacts.
From the portfolio they said that the workers and professionals who are isolated at this time are many and in all health centers, and the vast majority is because they are close contacts.
This situation has already begun to be perceived in all the provinces, especially those with the highest population density. Córdoba and Mendoza are some of the jurisdictions that accuse the most seriousness in this regard, to the point that they have raised it in the Cofesa (Federal Health Council, which brings together the ministers of Health from all over the country) to discuss what measures to take. can take while the health crisis is happening.