The National COE met on the morning of this Friday, April 1, 2022 to analyze the condition of the covid-19 pandemic in Ecuador.
Present at the press conference were the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón; the Minister of Education, María Brown; and the president of the National COE, Juan Zapata.
From the State of Health portfolio they announced that they have enough doses for people who want to get a fourth vaccine against covid-19. “This reinforcement is for those who have health complications or a depressed immune system,” said Garzón.
Citizens who have had their third dose five months ago they can put on this second brace.
In addition, the Minister pointed out that indicators such as infections, hospital occupation, positivity, deaths, among others, continue to decline in all provinces.
At epidemiological week 12, Ecuador reached a positivity of 5%a figure expected by the authorities to relax measures from biosecurity such as the use of the mask in open spaces. Garzón mentioned that this figure is expected to remain that way for a few weeks.
As for the Omicron sublineage, BA.2, The official explained that on a national scale they detected eight casesHowever, there have been no changes in the epidemiological behavior.
“With the indicators down, although BA.2 is more contagious, there are no changes in the trend in the country. We don’t have to worry about this sublineage,” she said.
Start of the school year on the Coast
María Brown, Minister of Education, reported that the start of the school year for the Costa regime is expected with 100% capacity in both public and private institutions.
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