The Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, assured this Saturday that Vaccination increased due to the rise in coronavirus infections that occurred in recent weeks and assured that no restrictive measures will be taken at the national level because that decision “will depend on the epidemiological situation that is verified in each district.”
In statements to AM 750, the official remarked that “we have an advanced vaccination plan”, which allowed “no growth in hospitalizations and deaths. The voltage is only in the sensing system, in the tests. For this reason, it is very important to sustain care and get vaccinated. “
In this sense, he pointed out that with the rise in cases and in the face of the danger of being infected, “people are getting more vaccinated and that is important. Many did not get inoculated or did not complete the scheme because they thought there was no risk. That is another question, but the vaccine is available ”.
After Omicron
The minister expressed her wish that after Ómicron the pandemic becomes an endemic, despite the fact that “I have never made predictions”. He gave the example of South Africa: “What is observed is that the cases fell in six weeks and in Córdoba we are seeing that the rate of increase is decreasing. If this starts to happen in each province, it will be an interesting sign “.
Vizzotti underlined the fact that “In the last 8 weeks, 730 thousand people over 18 years of age started the vaccination scheme and that is very encouraging to achieve greater protection”. In addition, he pondered that “the gap between those who were vaccinated with a single dose and those who have two has been shortened.”
During the radio interview, the official reiterated that “The challenge is to continue vaccinating ourselves and maintaining the care that we already know has a positive impact”.
Vaccination on vacation
In another passage he remarked that those who are on vacation in another province can be vaccinated there, since “There is a strategy and a consensus in the Federal Health Council (Cofesa) that it is possible to vaccinate people who are on vacation in another jurisdiction.” In fact, one of the provinces that enabled it is Buenos Aires.
The Omicron variant
Regarding the epidemiological situation in the country, he recalled that “We always said that the pandemic was not over and we warned that, given the increase in the circulation of people, even though we have a very high vaccination rate, they could increase contagions because the Omicron strain is very transmissible ”.
He considered that omicron meant “something disruptive”, that the variant arose “in the midst of the increase in vaccination and puts us in a different scenario that generates a lot of confusion”, which forced us to reformulate “everything we said a month ago”. Hence, now “those who do not have an indication, should not be tested.” In addition, he valued that “the isolation period of fully vaccinated people has been reduced because it has a shorter incubation and transmission period.”
Restrictions
Regarding possible restrictions, he was blunt: “Taking a measure at the national level is very complicated due to the level of heterogeneity of the country and that is why the measures will be very specific. according to each epidemiological situation of each jurisdiction and Nation it will support ”.
He remarked that in August “decision making was changed”, because it is not evaluated by number of cases but by hospitalizations and “today it does not exist” in the health system.
Finally, he stated that “Each jurisdiction can adopt measures to restrict movement for a specific period, as Córdoba did. That will depend on the epidemiological situation of each province ”.
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