Last Friday, the Minister of Health, rose gutierrezreported a slight increase in cases of COVID-19 in Lima and other regions of the country, in recent weeks.
“We are in epidemiological week 11 and we have identified that the cases have increased in Lima, Lima provinces, Ica and in the north of our country”, indicated the head of the Sometimes on that occasion.
About, the executive director of the health sector, Maria Elena Martinezin dialogue with RPP Noticias, faced with this information, stressed the importance of citizens being able to complete their vaccination scheme against the disease and access to the booster of the bivalent vaccine.
“The protocol indicated by the Sometimes It is vaccination for people over 60, for those with comorbidity, for people over 18 who have already completed their doses. Only two months must pass from the last dose to be able to apply the bivalent vaccine“, accurate.
It should be noted that said protocol indicated that, in order to apply the bivalent vaccine, citizens must have the fourth dose of the monovalent vaccine. However, Martínez indicated that it was enough to have the 3 previous doses.
“People with 3 doses they can receive the bivalent vaccine, especially now that winter is coming and everything is getting more complicated and everyone should be protected,” he said.
In addition, he indicated that those who have lost their vaccination card and therefore had not gone to get vaccinated, could now go to the modules without major problems.
“If you have lost your card, you can go to a vaccination point because the brigades can filter the information on the digital platform and detect which vaccine is missing (…) Even if you have forgotten your card, go to the vaccination modules because, through the internet, we can identify which vaccine is missing,” he stressed.
more contagious variants
Regarding the increase in cases of COVID-19the executive director of Minsa indicated that, to date, there have been no cases of hospitalization for the disease.
“As you have seen, in recent weeks, we have had a slight increase in cases of COVID-19 that, although it is true, they have not been hospitalized or used ICU beds, we are concerned that the disease can leave sequelae, such as what is called Long Covid,” he said.
In this sense, he said that what is “worrying” about this increase in cases is that they are variants “more contagious” that can leave sequelae in patients older than 60 years or with comorbidities.
“These sequelae can be a disability, a discomfort and can fundamentally affect people over 60, those who have comorbidities, children (…) These variants are a little more contagious than the previous ones. Just like In them, it presents with respiratory problems and can affect vulnerable people more, with pneumonia problems,” he said.
“There is fatigue, there is fever, discomfort, there may be mucus. It is like a cold that begins to get complicated later. For this reason, we cannot lower our guard or forget preventive measures, such as hand washing,” he stressed.
For this reason, he called on the public not to neglect the prevention protocols against the COVID-19.
“From the Minsa, we continue to recommend hand washing, wearing a mask in transport and health establishments and hospitals as preventive measures. But, the most important thing is vaccination. We must not lower our guard,” he specified.
