Why is El Salvador experiencing a third outbreak of covid-19 infections?

Dr. Carlos Ortega, a specialist in virology, explains that “there are variant sublineages of the virus that cause reinfection,” and warns that there is data that suggests that the Coronavac vaccine is less effective than the rest. Dr. Carlos Ortega speaks of the Coronavirus from double experience: as a virologist, he has worked for months … Read more

New York opens art festival while numbers improve – Noticieros Televisa

New York He inaugurated this Saturday an art festival that aims to revitalize the cultural sector with hundreds of performances, and in the first of them he celebrated in situ the efforts of health workers who are contributing to the improvement of the figures of the pandemic by taking care of vaccinations. We recommend you: … Read more

Artificial respirators stolen destined for El Salvador and worth up to $ 3 million are recovered by the authorities in the US | News from El Salvador

The authorities assume that the equipment would be used in patients with COVID-19, they have not specified if anyone has been arrested in relation to the case. US authorities recovered a batch of stolen artificial respirators destined for El Salvador. The value of the devices amounts to 3 million dollars. According to local media, such … Read more

Patients on the floor waiting for a hospital bed at Social Security | News from El Salvador

Healthcare professionals expose the harsh reality on their job sites. Similar scenes have been seen from the ISSS hospital for over a week now. Health professionals consider the statements of the Government Press Secretary a “mockery” because they contrast with the reality they face in their jobs caring for patients, both in the public sector … Read more

Chronology of the first 100 days of COVID-19 in El Salvador | News from El Salvador

These are the events that occurred around how the country lives the epidemic. Today is 101 days since the Ministry of Health (Minsal) announced the first case of COVID-19 in El Salvador, on March 18. The virus, which was initially perceived as a “epidemic” regional, it expanded rapidly in Europe and the rest of the … Read more

Hospital El Salvador only receives patients with mild symptoms of COVID, according to health personnel | News from El Salvador

During night shifts, patients cannot be transferred to the new hospital, according to the complaint. According to a memorandum, the Government, through the Foreign Ministry, is seeking help from specialist doctors in Guatemala. The more than 100 beds of Intensive Care Units of the El Salvador Hospital will receive critically ill patients until there is … Read more

More than 60 Health and Police employees have died from COVID-19 in El Salvador | News from El Salvador

The highest number of deaths has occurred in nursing personnel from both Social Security and the Ministry of Health. The nurse Salvador Ernesto Hernández left the San Miguel Regional Hospital under a shower of applause from his coworkers, as part of the honors for dying in the performance of his job. He worked in the … Read more