10/23/2020 7:33 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 10/23/2020 7:47 PM
On the day of a new extension of the quarantine, the Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Friday
another 382 deaths and 15,718 new cases
of coronavirus.
Thus, the country counts 1,069,368 infections and exceeded the barrier of 28 thousand fatalities, reaching 28,338 deaths.
Hours earlier, President Alberto Fernández announced that the new phase of isolation and social distancing
will be extended for another two weeks
, until November 8, focused mainly on eight provinces, in addition to the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA).
It is that San Luis, Mendoza, Salta, Tucumán, Neuquén, Santa Fe, Río Negro and Córdoba concentrate 55% of the infections in the national territory.
"We feel that we are stabilizing at a plateau of 15,000 daily cases. The virus is no longer in the cities, but also in the small towns," said the head of state when speaking from Misiones, in the first announcement of this type was the Casa Rosada and Quinta de Olivos.
Later, he said that for the next phase, which begins on Monday, the Government
will follow the same conditions as up to now
.
"We have to be very attentive because the risk is still latent, we have to be very careful in contact with the other. We must preserve the distance, permanently wear the mask and thus guarantee that the infections go down," he said.
On the other hand, during the federal report this morning, the Secretary of Equity in Health of the Nation,
Martín Sabignoso
, referred to the importance of the primary health care system, both for the daily life of the population and in the situation of the coronavirus pandemic.
"For people, primary health care means that there is a system that knows its population, that knows what specialized services it needs, that works actively to prevent disease, that is pending to monitor the adequate development of the boys and girls, "he said.
In addition, this type of service strives "to have high levels of vaccination, encourages women to have a mammogram or a Pap smear, encourages adults to have frequent cardiac check-ups, makes contraceptive methods available, and guarantees access to medications." .
For Sabignoso, the primary health care strategy "is the main one to control the pandemic" of Covid-19.
"When we talk about testing, tracking, isolating, caring, we are talking about primary health care, when we insist on hand washing, maintaining distance, we are talking about primary health care," he added.
The official also reported that the Ministry of Health allocated 40 billion pesos -40% of the annual budget- to reinforce that system through various lines of action.
In this way, the purchase of more than 30 million vaccines and 50 million drug treatments could be financed through the Remediar program, they explained.
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