Cartagena will have massive testing to detect COVID-19 | THE UNIVERSAL

The District Administrative Department of Health, DADIS, starts this December 18 the application of COVID-19 detection samples in Cartagena. The strategy that makes the plan mitigate the impact of the new wave of infections seeks to benefit the uninsured poor population and various conglomerates. Read: The plan to mitigate the impact of the new wave of COVID in Cartagena

The director of DADIS, Johana Bueno, explained that in addition to the epidemiological fences that are carried out in neighborhoods of the city, the massive testing will identify the infected people to isolate them and thus cut the chain of transmissibility.

“We have that the large percentage of patients notified positive are asymptomatic and we consider that Cartagena still has a high number of susceptible patients and that is why we have intensified these actions in an arduous way to be able to achieve the objective that is to cut the chain of transmissibility”, Indian.

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Migrants, domiciliary, motorcycle taxi drivers, taxi drivers, airport porters and personnel who work in the Bazurto market will be prioritized for testing. Read: “Measures for the end of the year are cloths of warm water”: Cartagena Health Board

According to Dadis, home medical consultations, psychosocial consultation, control consultation and transfer of the patient from home to the EPS due to any complication, due to COVID-19, will be carried out when taking samples.

The massive testing day will end on December 30 and the tests will be in charge of Healthcars SAS

“We expect a good behavior from citizens to this call, we ask that we do not cause crowds and always maintain self-care to protect ourselves and our families from COVID,” said Bueno.

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Keep in mind!

The operator contact for attention and sampling of (Sars Cov2) is 304539-8280. Through this means, home health care will be offered to the uninsured poor population, migrants and the population at risk, processing of death certificates and deaths.

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