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The morning of this Friday at a press conference, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, reported that So far, they have officially registered 15 cases of SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) carriers in the country.
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López-Gatell explained that In recent days, the phenomenon of misinformation has drawn attention, which may be part of fear: “we have to lower fear to place ourselves in reality and exercise adequate public health measures ”.
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Similarly, he exemplified that Two false statements were issued. One from Aguascalientes on the cancellation of the San Marcos Fair and the other from Quintana Roo on the closure of schools, and insisted on verifying the official sources of information.
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In this regard, the health official mentioned that, According to the World Health Organization (WHO) map, cases of coronaviruses in China have begun to easeTherefore, it is necessary to follow the corresponding protocols and confirm if the information is reliable.
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“In the last two days, the phenomenon of disinformation has drawn attention, which we know may be part, on the one hand, of fear, which is contagious and of no use, on the other, is the spread of rumors, a phenomenon that can be amplified by a fear response and can also be induced by targeted disinformation, ”he asserted.
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He alluded to even members of the legislative body have released inaccurate information on the subject and called for calm by announcements about possible suspension of events for fear of contagion.
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“I emphasize that These waves of fear also affect senior political leaders and may lead to inappropriate consideration of canceling massive events.. It is not healthy that it is not done on a technical basis.
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Regarding the screening tests, the official said that there were 916 that were distributed in the states of the country, In addition, more will be brought if necessary. He reiterated that the suspects are people who traveled to another country that has had cases of coronavirus or has been in contact with these people directly or indirectly.
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It also reported that the number of suspects has grown to 82, while the confirmed ones have added cases in Puebla, Querétaro and Durango.
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The Querétaro Health Secretariat explained that the two positive cases are: a 42-year-old man and an import-associated case of a 43-year-old woman.
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Following the intentional search for possible circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in the country, 182 samples of SARI negative for influenza and other respiratory viruses, from the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance System, whose result was negative for SARS, have been analyzed. CoV-2.
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In addition to the first case in Puebla of an Argentine living in Germany who visited the Volkwagen plant, which was positive for coronavirus, this Thursday the second case was reported, this is a 31 year old man who went on vacation to Europe, where I land Spanish, Belgian, Dutch and French, places where he possibly contracted the virus.
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At the moment it is isolated, because when going to the Institute of Security and Social Services of the Workers to the Service of the Powers of the State of Puebla (ISSSTEEP) they confirmed that he did indeed have the disease.
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Although all the infections so far have been imported, in 15 days, Mexico would enter a phase of local contagion of the coronavirus, said the undersecretary of Health, which would lead the country to report hundreds of cases more than the current ones and take tougher actions to control the outbreak., which has left tens of thousands of infected around the world.
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