The Ministry of Health reported today, Friday, 852 Covid-19 infections in Chile and announced changes regarding the Vaccination Plan starting next week.
The authority reported that Next Monday the process for minors between 6 and 11 years old begins. This morning the Seremi de Salud of the Metropolitan region, Helga Balich said that they received 500 thousand new doses of Sinovac for this group.
The Minister of Education, Raúl Figueroa, assured that vaccination It will be carried out in educational establishments and it will take a signed parental consent, for which he called on the attorneys-in-fact to collaborate with the process.
Regarding the booster dose, the Minsal expanded the range of the population that can be vaccinated next week, since now all people between 18 and 54 years old who received the second dose of the Sinovac vaccine until April 13, will be able to receive the third dose.
Figures on the rise
According to the data collected yesterday with 72,586 PCR tests and antigen tests, the positivity rate at the national level was 1.18%, also lower than the 1.29% registered on September 23.
Unlike the balance of Thursday, in which 5 deaths were registered, today it was reported that, unfortunately, there are 13 deaths from causes associated with COVID-19.
The regions with the highest positivity are Aysén, Arica and Parinacota, Antofagasta and the Metropolitan region and – throughout the country – there is a total of 360 critical beds available.
The Barros Luco Hospital infectologist, Ignacio Silva, assured that the figures do not necessarily reflect the epidemiological situation, but he called be vigilant because there is an upward trend.
In addition to this, the head of the Intensive Care Unit of the Indisa Clinic, Sebastián Ugarte, emphasized that the Delta and Mu variants will be the protagonists of a possible new outbreak.
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