The Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations has decided to continue to view the coronavirus pandemic as a public health emergency of international concern, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Coronavirus deaths reported weekly reached comparable levels at the start of the pandemic, and nearly two-thirds of the world’s population completed a primary course of COVID-19 vaccination.. Similarly, the leader of the United Nations organization drew attention to “reductions” in epidemiological surveillance activities and laboratory tests for COVID-19, needed to monitor the evolution and impact of the virus, as well as the elimination of many social and public health measures ahead of the expected increase in transmission in the coming months.
Along the same lines, the president of the Valencian Generalitat, Ximo Puig, pointed out “the pandemic has not passed” and that, although the situation is “much better” that a year ago “co-responsibility”, “prudence” and “use of the mask when you have symptoms and on public transport” must be maintained, in addition to continuing to promote vaccination, to anticipate possible peaks and hospital stress.
The real situation
This was recorded by the Ministry of Health in its latest report 20,652 new cases of coronavirusof which 13,686 have occurred in people over the age of 60, which brings the total number of infections in Spain to 13,462,593 since the start of the pandemic.
Regarding the current average incidence of infections in Spain over the past 14 days in people over the age of 60, it stands at 195.61 cases per 100,000 inhabitantsshowing an increase of nearly 30 points from the 168.41 recorded on Friday.
The occupancy rate of coronavirus-occupied beds is 2.69% (up from 2.22% on Friday) and in ICU 2% (up from 1.48% reported on Friday).
What could happen?
Fernando Simón pointed out a few days ago that it is “very likely that there will be a rebound“Even if thanks to the action of vaccines the incidence in the population will be much less severe, which will not prevent cases requiring hospitalization from occurring.
“At this moment we cannot yet assess whether the situation will be better or worse. We have to do it see how the different variants that constantly emerge are distributed and from there make decisions on how to deal with the pandemic “ in the coming months, he assured.
At this time, it seems unlikely that the return of the mask will be decreed indoors outside of public transport, hospitals and health centers. However, this is a possibility that is not excluded, especially if the increase in infections implies a higher incidence and a higher employment rate in hospitals.
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Last On April 20, 2022, the mandatory indoor mask was withdrawn after more than 700 days of obligation. At the time, the average number of infections was over 35,000 and the incidence of about 430. The occupancy of hospitals in the intensive care wards was 4.4%, while in the hospital ward it was 3.8%. At a time when vaccines will have done their job, it will be necessary to verify the increase in cases and their severity, but those are the reference data.
