Covid-19 cases increase more than 50% in Central America: PAHO

Cases of covid-19 have increased more than 50 percent in Central America last week and in general in the region, although less pronounced, except in South America, reported this Wednesday the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Compared to the previous week, cases “continued to increase in Central America this week by 53.4 percent, with three of seven countries reporting increases, although deaths continued to decline,” Carissa Etienne, director of from PAHO.

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In the entire Americas region, new infections increased by 12.7 percent and deaths fell by less than one percent, but In the Caribbean, deaths rose for the third week in a row. 39.6 percent compared to the previous seven days.

By contrast, the number of new infections in countries such as Mexico and in general in South America fell (-8 percent).

Given the impact of the pandemic on mental health in the Americas, PAHO will launch a high-level commission this Friday to analyze this phenomenon, which has affected the population as a whole and in particular health workers, such as nurses. .

By 2030, the Americas region “will need an additional 1.8 million nurses,” Etienne reported.

The United States will need to add 1.2 million nurses to its workforce and Canada 60,000 more by 2025, he added.

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