09/17/2020 - 11:09
Clarín.com
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The Buenos Aires Deputy Minister of Health,
Nicolás Kreplak
, affirmed this Thursday that there are "indications" of a decrease in coronavirus infections in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), although he advised against advancing with more openings in the previous phase of a new phase of the isolation.
"Now we are in a
stabilization with a slight tendency to reduce cases
, but it is still marginal. There are signs that it is beginning to decline, but one cannot say that they have decreased. It seems that there is a beginning of decline, which It forces us to maintain the conditions to see if the cases actually drop, "he explained.
In dialogue with
FM La Patriada
, the provincial official recalled that "a few weeks ago, at the end of August, there were very significant openings in the City and also some marches", which caused "a very large rebound that increased from 4,500 to 6,900 "the cases in the Province.
"We do not have any games won; we are only seeing a stabilization with a slight downward trend," he added.
Asked about the possibility of allowing more activities in the Province, Daniel Gollan's number 2 asked to
"lower the cases first
.
"
"The lethality among those infected is between 2 and 3 percent. That is, if we have 10,000 infected in Argentina, between 200 and 300 people per day will die. It seems to me a very high number. We have to make an effort to lower very much that number, "he analyzed.
An image of the isolation center located on the Tecnópolis property.
Photo: Lucia Merle.
In this sense, Kreplak discouraged the idea of moving forward with the opening of open-air bars and restaurants in the Province, as happens in the City: "Let's hope not to do so. We have a very clear intention to prioritize everything that is protection of jobs. work and essential aspects.
Nothing happens if we deprive ourselves for a few months of play and recreation
. We are trying to leave it in the second instance to focus on the productive. "
"If we start to enable activities that are not enabled, if we leave care and start with triumphalism, without a doubt we increase the risk and the cases," he said.
More definitions
Why the cases are falling
: "We have been sick for a long time and a good number of infected people, which is going to deplete the stock of contagious people. There are also a
huge number of people, about 50%, who remain at home
It is an absolute but silent majority: all the boys and girls and almost all the older adults, who are doing a very strict compliance. It is also true that the use of masks and the distancing is maintained quite well. Even so, we are with 6 thousand cases in the Province. It is very high. What it does not do is go much higher "
The Buenos Aires Government
: "Beyond the political noise, with the City we work with a fairly good predisposition and seriousness in terms of trying to reach an agreement all of us. In principle, the differences are rather marginal. We are trying not to worsen and we are all in that line of work ".
Classes in the squares
: "We are beginning to see that there is the possibility of lowering cases. Anything we do
seems to be a standing shot, an autoboicot
. Nothing changes if we wait a few more weeks. It is common sense. If there are 6 outside thousand cases per day, anyone who goes out is much more likely to find the virus than when we have a thousand cases per day. Why don't we go down first and then open? I find it worrying and a bad idea that the popular sectors, not having technological access to connectivity, they have to expose themselves more. "
Summer season
: "We are going to have it, as appropriate, the issue is under what conditions. The first thing we insist on is doing all the work now so that there are no cases in summer. In most tourist centers there is an outbreak First we have to control that and that the hospital beds are totally empty, that there is no community circulation and from then on with protocols - surely much more restrictive than in other years - we will be able to have a season that is probably more austere in terms of number of people.
What we are not going to do is request a PCR to enter each district
. It is not feasible. The epidemic is resolved with social behavior. "
The role of the media
: "I think there is a sector of the media and politics that played very meanly and then there are sectors that have an attitude of minimizing risk. It seems that some are motivated to generate chaos and confusion using decontextualized phrases of the minister Gollan and Governor Axel Kicillof. There is also a bit of accustoming. We are not able to go around thinking that we are calm. The situation is serious. "
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