The rebound in confirmed cases by Covid-19 that is observed, mainly in the capital of the country, is due to the increase in social interaction and before the confirmation of a case of the new variant of the coronavirus, known as B117, measures should be reinforced of physical distancing, explained the head of the Traveler’s Clinic of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Jorge Baruch.
Interviewed by El Economista, the also spokesperson for the UNAM commission of experts for Covid-19 explained that it has been observed that the new variant of coronavirus is more transmissible, so measures such as the use of masks on a massive scale should be strengthened ; avoid staying in public places and reduce mobility.
“The new variant has been identified to be between 50% and 70% more transmissible and if we analyze the indicators, we would be expecting it to impact at least the effective reproduction rate. What is expected is that the population, in the face of this new variant, will comply with all the recommendations that have been issued by the authorities, mainly to reduce social interaction, ”he said.
Yesterday the Tamaulipas Health Secretariat confirmed the first case of the coronavirus variant in an international traveler who arrived in the entity on December 29.
The head of the state agency, Gloria Molina Gamboa explained that the case corresponds to a 56-year-old man who arrived in Matamoros, from CDMX, positive for Covid-19 in which, after requesting the Federation to process your sample, the new variant was detected.
The secretary indicated that the travelers and flight crew, who were negative for the virus, were followed up, while actions were taken to maintain epidemiological surveillance.
Until yesterday, January 10, in the country there were one million 534,039 confirmed cases of Covid-19, and 133,706 deaths from the new coronavirus, according to the federal Ministry of Health.
The Director General of Epidemiology, José Luis Alomía Zegarra, detailed that of the 31,716 general beds, 13,656 were available, while 18,060 were in use (57% of the total).
In turn, of the 10,082 beds for critically ill patients with a ventilator, 5,172 were available and 4,910 were occupied (49%).
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