04/13/2021 17:06
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 04/13/2021 17:06
While the crosses between the Government and the opposition continue for future restrictions in the face of the
second wave
of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health confirmed
27,001 new cases
of coronavirus in Argentina on
Tuesday
.
It arises from the daily part published this afternoon, based on the data that the provinces uploaded to the national system in the last 24 hours.
With more than 2.5 million confirmed infections and about 58 thousand deaths, Argentina remains among the
15 countries most affected
in both variables since the beginning of the global health crisis.
The new report is known when the cases have been registering a strong rise.
Last week they showed a jump of 70% and the average settled
around 20 thousand per day
.
Last year, the peak had been 18,326.
Queues to perform the coronavirus swab at the Colón theater, this Tuesday.
Photo: Reuters
Minister Carla Vizzotti -who launched the flu vaccination plan on Tuesday- denied that the health system is collapsed, but warned that what is being seen is "
an accelerated increase in cases that impacts on the spontaneous demand
for consultations as well as for care. and hospitalization in clinic and intensive care is also increasing ".
In this second wave, the trend is that
patients who develop serious symptoms and must be admitted to intensive care
are getting
younger and younger
.
According to
health sources
confirmed to
Clarín
, the average age of hospitalization for coronavirus fell between 8 and 10 years compared to the 2020 outbreak.
On the other hand, the Government decided that trains and groups should
lock their windows
.
They seek to guarantee cross ventilation to reduce the chances of contagion, because whoever travels will not be able to close them.
"It is illness or cold", highlighted the Minister of Transport, Mario Meoni.
The measure will begin to be applied "as soon as each of the companies can make the necessary adjustments."
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Coronavirus in Argentina
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Source:
Ministry of Health |
Johns Hopkins
Infographic:
Clarín
Vaccination continues to be the main tool to mitigate the impact of covid-19.
But the arrival of new shipments has not yet been announced and the shortage is beginning to affect the national plan.
In fact, Córdoba had to suspend the application of the first dose in its Capital due to lack of stock, until receiving new shipments from the Nation.
The private sector initiated negotiations on its own, after the Chief of Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero, said that he was empowered - like the provinces and municipalities - to manage purchases.
The infectologist Daniel Stamboulian, medical director of Stamboulian Health Services, told
Clarín
that he had already been making inquiries with Pfizer and Moderna.
It aims to acquire about 700 thousand doses.
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Deaths from coronavirus
in Argentina
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Source:
Ministry of Health |
Johns Hopkins
Infographic:
Clarín
Meanwhile, Claudio Belocopitt, president of Swiss Medical and the Argentine Health Union (UAS), maintains that he also intends to buy vaccines, but clarified that the negotiations started until today did not have favorable results.
Until this Tuesday, according to official data, more than 7 million vaccines were distributed to the provinces, of which
5.5 million have
already been applied.
Most (4.8 million) were given to people who received a single dose, following the recommendation of the Ministry of Health to defer the second.
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