05/28/2020 - 15:04
- Clarín.com
- Society
In the coronavirus pandemic, what is said is almost as important as what is not said. And sometimes what is often not said is said. That is when the sayings of an official can become more relevant. The head of the Cabinet of the City of Buenos Aires, Felipe Miguel, assured this Thursday that although the duration of the social, preventive and compulsory isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic is a decision of the national government, the City's projections show that the quarantine " it could last from here to six to ten weeks . "
"The Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós, spoke of a period of duration of isolation for the City from here to between six to ten weeks; this is what the projections we are working with show and they serve us greatly to be able to size the reinforcement that we did to the Health system, "he said in statements made to Radio La Red.
Official City sources told Clarín that at the peak of cases the district is expected to have between 800 and 1,200 cases per day . As Clarín published yesterday, at the current rate of contagion, intensive care beds would all be occupied by the end of June, according to a forecast by a Conicet researcher. For this reason, this week the authorities decided to reverse in part with the relaxation of the quarantine.
In this sense, Miguel pointed out that "this is the best projection that we have at the moment and that later we will have to see what those weeks will be like, if they allow a greater or lesser opening of activities , which we will measure day by day."
Then, in dialogue with TN , the official sought to moderate his statements a bit and clarified that he had spoken of the duration of the quarantine "in reference to the case curve s, which show growth."
"The curve does not determine the characteristics of the quarantine . Throughout the isolation there are different stages, with stages where some activities may be enabled. This is not mathematical or of absolute precision," he said.
In addition, he stressed that the duration of the quarantine "is the responsibility of the national government and gives us the space to share criteria and all the necessary information."
Regarding the strengthening of the City's health system, Felipe Miguel highlighted the increase in health personnel, equipment such as respirators and other devices, intensive care beds, hotel rooms and general hospital beds.
Likewise, he referred to the sharp rise in coronavirus infections in the City of Buenos Aires and said that they increased fivefold: "Contagion cases are increasing at a current average of 400 per day , which the health system can sustain and attend to. accordingly, in addition to being prepared for more, but 15 days ago there were an average of 80 daily cases, they multiplied by five, "he clarified.
One of the data the City is currently managing is that the contagion curve is accelerating sharply outside vulnerable neighborhoods . In these places, cases grew due to door-to-door searches, while the rhythm of viral circulation in the rest of the city also demonstrates this exponential growth.
"In the popular neighborhoods we activated the Detect operation (to find possible contagions due to proximity or rule out others), disinfection with feverish posts (to measure the temperature of all those who enter and leave) and the thermal cameras, which will be from tomorrow, "said the head of the Cabinet, in addition to recalling" the largest isolation center with 790 beds, which were set up yesterday in the Costa Salguero complex. "
Miguel remarked: "What we cannot do is stop the virus, but we can, individually, comply with the measures and recommendations to reduce the rate of increase in cases of contagion and from the State to strengthen the Health system." Regarding whether it is possible to " flexibilize " the isolation by neighborhoods in the City of Buenos Aires, he confirmed that "it is not a good solution because the virus is circulating in all Buenos Aires neighborhoods."
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