The Minister of Health, Carolina Dariaannounced Thursday the acquisition, by the end of the year, of 47,000 new doses of monkeypox vaccineseven though he admitted that the situation at the moment is “constant descent “ with 7,336 confirmed cases, as of November 2.
In an appearance at the Congressional Health CommissionDarias explained that this downward trend in “monkeypox” is seen in last week’s data, when only 19 positive cases across the country. Therefore, you said, “descent and stable”.
As for the coronavirus, Darias admitted that variants like BQ.1, which has hit Europe, “are growing at a rapid pace” and warned it could be the dominant one later this month or early December. .
In the Spanish state, according to Darias, in the last week of September, BQ.1 was detected for the first time among randomly sequenced samples.
However, he admitted that the omicron is still the predominant with a percentage of one hundred percent in the week from 3 to 9 October, with the BA.5 lineage and its derivatives as the majority.
The minister wanted to clarify that “we cannot let our guard down” and recalled that the autumn is a season with a lot of circulation of viruses and respiratory infectionsfor this he opted for prevention.
Darias designed the coronavirus map of the last few months. So, he said, that in A maximum incidence was recorded in June which began a period of decline that continued until the end of September, which was reflected in the main indicators, such as the case of hospital employment and ICUs.
He admitted that it weighs a moderate increase in Octobercovid notifications stabilized in the last report with a Cumulative incidence at 14 days out of 220 in people over 60 years of age and hospital employment, in this age group, of 2.7 and 2.2%, in the case of beds in intensive care.
Although the data is positive, the minister stressed the need to continue expanding vaccination coverage with the second booster dose with adapted vaccines.
Darias also referred to the cases of acute hepatitis in childrenwhich generated an integrity warning and reported it As of October, 52 cases had been reported in the state, the majority in children under 6 years of age. In Europe, a total of 555 cases have been reported in 22 countries as of 29 September.
According to the minister, the clinical evolution of this disease in the state was favorable with the exception of three cases which required liver transplantation and, among other things, two of them, in critical condition, died 24 hours after the transplant. .
