The use of the chinstrap in closed places in the province of Córdoba is no longer mandatory as of this Thursday, September 1as advanced to chain 3 the new provincial Minister of Health, Gabriela Barbás.
“At this stage of the pandemic, where much progress has been made in vaccination coverage, although Covid is circulating, there is no impact on serious cases. From midnight this Wednesday (0 on Thursday) the use of the chinstrap in closed spaces is no longer mandatory“, he explained.
The official clarified that The provision includes all the environments in which it governed, such as public transport, education and work spaces, for instance.
“The impact of bed occupancy, serious cases and deaths is very low. This does not mean that we have to relax, but continue with measures such as adequate ventilation of environments, frequent hand washing or that a person, for example, with chronic lung disease, continues to use the mask in closed spaces, but it is no longer an obligation”, he added.
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In the same sense, he specified that the impact of vaccination in people over 18 years of age in their first doses is very high, around 90%, but he recognized that the booster doses, fundamentally the second, do not have the same scope, so he urged the population to complete the inoculation scheme.
However, health authorities recommend that older people or people with risk factors continue to use these protection elements in places with insufficient cross ventilation and where there is crowding.
It should be remembered that since the beginning of last April the use of the mask in open outdoor environments was already optional..
Neonatal case
On the other hand, Barbás also made reference to the situation of the Neonatal Hospital, which was at the center of the scene in recent weeks due to the death of newborns.
“A lot of work is done in the Neonatal, as in the rest of the hospitals, in what are the axes of patient safety, and we accompany the health teams from the technical and emotional point of view. It is a collective construction”, held.
And he added: “In our health system there are immense professionals, with great commitment. We are reviewing all the protocols.”
Interview of “Viva la Radio”