It’s been days since primary care nurses have noticed a upswing in positives of covid-19 and that these are concentrated in unvaccinated people. For this reason, the vice president of the Association of Family and Community Nursing of Catalonia (AIFiCC), Ester Gimenez, has asked the Government open vaccination quickly also for those under 30 years of age. “To everyone who wants to get vaccinated,” he told ACN. The petition joins that of scientists and doctors who have claimed to universalize the vaccine before the increase of cases.
Gimenez explained that they have had more work for a month because do double test, antigens and PCR, for the advancement of the Delta variant and has recalled that this happens when they still haven’t been able to regain their attention the chronically ill. However, it does not foresee that there will be a wave comparable to the previous ones, although they are “on the lookout”.
A collective on alert
Gimenez explained that the increase in positives It has been noticeable for about 10 days and this makes the collective, who has suffered a flight of personnel abroad for bad contracts, be alert. This rebound is also leading to a further increase in workload to primary care, where they return to do more tests to everyone who has symptoms compatible with the coronavirus. In addition, the positives are concentrating on the young collective that for the most part it does not end in the hospital but is cared for by primary care.
However, he has valued that the follow-up of contacts is done now from Public Health and not from primary school. It has recognized that this task is more orderly than in previous stages of the pandemic.
Increased mobility
In this context, the AIFiCC Vice President considers crucial vaccination, more in a moment of increased mobility Y reduction of restrictions. “We have to vaccinate everyone as soon as possible,” he claimed. Gimenez has assured that the professionals are prepared and has added that the current evolution will depend on the proportion of people vaccinated.
The vice president has also pointed out that they are noticing more reluctance to get vaccinated in youth groups, compared to older people. For this reason, he insists that the line of work now should be “that whoever wants to be vaccinated, can be vaccinated.”
The impact, stopped in 4 weeks
If you can move quickly in vaccination, the impact could stay in 3 or 4 weeks, as explained. But Gimenez warns that if the vaccination campaign is delayed, it will have to see how the pandemic evolves in summer, with a notable increase in mobility.
On the other hand, it has claimed more sensitivity towards primary school because it is the first to receive the impact of the worsening pandemic. In this sense, he assured that they had begun to regain care for the chronic patient but have not been able to finish it. According to their analysis, the COVID burden of proof reduction dropped for about two to three weeks, but then quickly rose again.
Claim of resources
Therefore, they have not yet been able to do the follow-up of chronic patientsMany of whom have not seen for a long time and those who need to dedicate more time. A time that they do not have now since they continue to allocate fixed resources exclusively to the attention of the covid.
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Therefore, from the AIFiCC they demand that the resources that have been allocated to primary care during the pandemic be maintained. Everything and the increase, Gimenez recalled that 25% of the budget is not allocated to primary care and has claimed to reverse this situation.
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