Government advisor doctor revealed 'a general mood of concern' and proposed 'maximum self-quarantine'

04/13/2021 12:23 AM

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Updated 04/13/2021 12:23 AM

Luis Cámera

, a clinical doctor who is part of the

committee of experts

consulted this Monday from Casa Rosada in the midst of the second wave of coronavirus infections in Argentina, confided tonight that he warned

"a general mood of concern"

during the virtual meeting between specialists and the functionaries.

In addition, in an interview with El Nueve, he considered that the population should carry out

"a maximum self-quarantine"

to avoid the imposition of a new mandatory isolation.

In any case, he did not want to reveal if an agreement was reached to take new restrictive measures and excused himself with the fact that "Carla Vizzotti would have to say so in due course."

"There is a general spirit of concern, that is undeniable. The point is to what extent we can raise awareness in the population so that it makes a kind of self-care to the maximum, so that we do not have to fall into

greater restrictions

, because the situation is very fast in the cases ", warned Camera.

In addition, he said that "a report that came out recently" indicates that, among the different variants that circulate in our country there are "about 10 percent of highly contagious viruses, particularly English and Manaus."

"From 2 percent four weeks ago they went to 10, so it may be that in a month they will be expressing themselves in a very important way, which is also the moment that we are going to have

the peak of this wave

, among the last week of April and the first two weeks of May ", predicted the specialist.

He also warned that "this is the peak of infections, but not hospitalization, which is usually two weeks behind," so professionals are

"concerned with the intensive care situation

.

"

On another level, Cámera was also consulted about the

presence in the classes

, and clarified that at the moment it is not in discussion to return to virtuality.

"

The aim is to keep the classes

, probably there will be greater restrictions. What we could not raise awareness about is not about what happens in the classes, but with all the mobilization that involves taking the children, and also the socialization of the parents. It is not the contagion of the classroom. A good control was made in the classrooms, but not in the previous and in leaving the schools, "he said.

Argentina had 19,437 new cases of Covid-19 this Monday, and

the greatest concern is in the AMBA

, where the Province registered 9,535 new infected and the City of Buenos Aires 3,353, its highest number since the start of the pandemic.

In the conclave of more than three hours, which ended around 9:30 p.m., several of the participants asked to move towards total restrictions for a specified period.

From Casa Rosada, despite having all the alarms turned on, for the moment they assured that they will wait a little longer to see what results the measures implemented as of last Friday leave.

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