Janiot
let’s start here,
in United States,
where the last days
have increased
dramatically
cases of infection
for the coronavirus.
the funny thing is that some
from the patients
have not traveled outside the
pee.
Angie Sandoval is
in the state of washington,
the epicenter of the crisis
of the coronavirus
in United States,
where they fear
A silent threat.
angie: it had been a monday
like any other
in seattle when little
after 8:30
of the night…
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a call to the hospital
regional providence
put the doctor george íaz
on alert.
íaz: a nurse called me
and told me we were
a patient who was
at home but that had been
positive for him
angie: the sick
elderly, I saw
by ambulance
there was an additional detail
important.
I had visited China
Recently.
I only took minutes
to activate
the risk unit
biographical,
built during
the virus crisis
in 2015.
íaz: entered the hospital
to a part that doesn’t come
patients,
jumped in an capsule
plastic not to cause
Infection to other people.
I went to receive it.
angie: starting
from January 20 the doctor
íaz
it was his bedside
although following
the protocol never entered
only to your room.
íaz: we used a system
of computers
to be able to make them
exams
they moan the robot
in his bed and with the
microphone
I could talk to him
about your case,
how was he
angie: seún el édico,
48 hours later
patient health
It got worse.
íaz: began to have
high fevers
and remained there
for a couple of days.
after more or less
six or seven days of
hospital
He developed a pneumo.
your oxygen level was low
and I needed oxygen
to keep it.
angie: a medicine
experimental against elébola
his life came out
and as of February
the first diagnosed
with the coronavirus
he was released from the hospital.
the ethics thought
what did they do
the epidemic,
But they were wrong.
íaz: this virus,
the coronavirus,
it’s more contagion
That the flu.
and it’s easier to circulate
and spread.
angie: and could have been
infecting many people
for more than a month
undetected
suddenly tens
of people started
to fall ill
And some died.
seattle and its suburbs
have become today
in the epicenter of the virus
Crown and fear.
Elena: Well, fear
well,
we can’t take it off
of the head.
that is, it is always
constant.
There are days that lifted me
and I think: “he already gave me”.
angie: then there was another case.
the interesting
is that the patient
I had not traveled
outside the area.
it was then
when in this lab
they compared the virus
of both patients
and discovered
They were identical.
Elena: I was very shocked.
angie: elena lón lives
very close to the center
of elders where at least
six residents
have passed away
because of the coronavirus
and over 50,
among them employees,
they got sick
with associated symptoms
to this virus.
Elena: all my family
He tells me: “Don’t go out.
stay in your house.
do what you can
inside your house
entertain, but don’t go out. “
But it is impossible not to leave.
angie: at 79
She fears being the next one.
Elena: There are ways that I
I raise
and I think: “he already gave me”.
I feel with my throat
or I feel …
all the time I play
Let’s see if I have a fever.
angie: do you ever
Have you seen anything there?
maías: I’ve been
in public health
already about 20 years
and it is the first time
that I’ve seen
Something of this scale.
angie: maías valenzuela
is part of the team
in charge of stopping
the massive contagion.
maias: we had
to take action
more aggressive
than anywhere else
because we have more cases
and we have infection
what’s going on
at the community level.
angie: now they have
more tests
To diagnose the virus.
and soon they will be
accommodating patients
In this motel.
for his part, doctor íaz
prepares for the conference
that are coming
íaz: it is a responsibility
great to handle
the volume of patients
that come
Because they are enough.
angie: he fears this is
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