They analyze in the Provincial Defense Council the enlistment and assurance in the future vaccination centers, under the premise that the clinics are the clinical sites par excellence. Photo: Tribuna de La Habana.
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Regarding the proximity of the start of mass vaccination in Havana, if something should be dignified it is the work of medical students, who perform a meritorious job in the fight against COVID-19, and in a special way will play an important role in supporting the inoculation process that will begin in the capital soon, yet to be defined.
This was expressed by Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, president of the city’s Provincial Defense Council (CDP), who summoned place the students at the center of this contest, in addition to reactivating the activism of teachers and other specialists who can support in filling out the documentation and collateral actions, in order for nurses and doctors to take care of what is most important.
At the meeting, the authorities reviewed, together with the mayors of each municipality, the enlistment and assurance in future vaccination centers, under the premise that the Family Medical Offices (CMF) are the clinical sites par excellence and exceptionally other locations. certificates.
Each polyclinic defines in which of the CMFs it is necessary to improve conditions and in this regard Reinaldo García Zapata, vice president of the CDP, recommended that In each place defined for this process, a document certifying it must be issued.
They inquired in detail about the existence of human resources and refrigerators to preserve vaccines.
The dates of the mass vaccination process schedule have yet to be defined, although it was reported that in this first stage, the capital residents of seven municipalities will be inoculated: with Sovereign 02, Arroyo Naranjo, Cotorro and Boyeros, while the Abdala will be used in the territories of Regla, Guanabacoa, San Miguel del Padrón and La Habana del Este.
Torres Iríbar emphasized certify all CMFs, check that they are enabled, with the necessary human resources and means.
He called on the health and territorial authorities to strive, because this is the most important task in the current stage and compliance with it depends on the level of organization, when it is decided to start the process, so that it is successful and that the population is vaccinated with quality and in the shortest possible time.
When addressing aspects related to the current epidemiological situation, the president of the CDP explained that The numbers of infections this Wednesday are the highest in the history of the pandemic, and there are places like Arroyo Naranjo where there is a high transmission.
There they perform community actions aimed at raising the perception of danger, from loudspeaker media that travel the streets with warning messages, as well as calls for attention to families to maintain physical and social isolation.
Iríbar pointed out that it is necessary continue working on communication and achieving a more effective home income, to break the chains of transmission.
He reiterated that it is vital that students, teachers and workers who are at home, dedicate themselves to attending to household income, to prevent people from leaving their homes.
He indicated that this is the responsibility of the Municipal Defense Councils, economic groups and popular councils.
At the meeting, the Provincial Health Directorate explained that they make decisions in the reordering of centers where epidemic-positive cases are treated, according to the characteristics of the patients.
CDP authorities They criticized violations committed in the municipalities of Centro Habana and Diez de Octubre in labor centers and social institutions, before which they demanded administrative sanctions from those responsible.
Regarding the epidemiological situation, they reported that on Wednesday they processed 9,119 samples and 681 were positive. Only one case is imported, detected by epidemiological surveillance carried out on travelers during the first five days of arrival in the country.
At the time of diagnosis, 413 cases were admitted as suspects in hospitals, 142 at home and 126 in contact isolation centers.
Four patients accumulate without a proven source of infection in the last 15 days, of which two belong to the municipality of Playa, one to Boyeros and another to Regla.
In the capital there are 1,593 active foci. They open on 211 and close 204. There are 14 autochthonous transmission events.
In intensive therapy rooms, 37 residents of the capital are treated, 19 of them seriously ill and 18 critics, while three deaths are reported this Wednesday.
(With information from Havana Tribune)
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