Tamara Navarro
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Medicine
The debate continues in the street. Mask yes or no? Since this Wednesday, the Ministry of Health has imposed ‘masks’ in health centers despite the opposition of the majority of communities, including Castile and Leónwho are speeding up the deadline to make their allegations regarding this and other measures such as justified self-discharges to alleviate Primary Care in the face of the resurgence of respiratory infections.
He increase in cases and the fact that the majority of people from Salamanca suffer from some type of respiratory virus (flu, Covid or RSV) after the Christmas holidays has raised caution and The mask is once again seen on the streets of the capital, as can be seen in the images. Taking a walk we can find that Its use has returned it to pharmacies, supermarkets, bars… in short, closed spaces.
The Hospital has had its contingency plan active for days due to the increase in these viruses, which has sent the Emergencies to 400. Despite this, collapse has not been reached, but a high occupancy of beds with admissions is recognized. The peak of infections is expected to arrive in the next two weeks since the children returned to school this Monday and are considered a vector of contagion.
According to data provided by the Ministry of Health, as of January 6 91,959 Salamancans have been vaccinated against the flu (the Junta de Castilla y León sent 110,571 doses). For its part, on January 3, More than 65,000 have been inoculated for Covid-19 and more than 1,300 for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Last year 2023, a total of 102,155 people were vaccinated during the flu campaign.
An important fact is that of the target population over 60 years old, 60.3%, have already received their vaccine (data from January 3). Regarding the coverage of age groups in which vaccination is recommended, the data for that same date are the following: Children under two years of age, 39.2%, and the same percentage in those between 2 and 5 years of age. The Board does not provide data on the percentage of pregnant or vaccinated women because they are cohabitants of a population at risk.
2024-01-10 00:08:08
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