The increase in coronavirus cases that has been recorded in recent weeks has triggered alarms in healthcare portfolios at the national, provincial and local levels. Although at the moment no one is talking about adopting restrictive measures and there is no risk of tension in the health system, the request for vaccination is being heard.
Leandro Caruana, councilor for public health of the city, spoke with Leo Ricciardino for yes 98.9 and recalled that wearing a face mask is still a recommendation. Likewise, he insisted on the need for the population to apply the corresponding vaccine boosters.
“We continue to work in the city in relation to prevention. The increase in cases in different parts of the country and also internationally, brings the issue back to the agenda and presents the need to prioritize vaccination,” he said.
Regarding vaccination, Caruana stated that “in the city there is a good dose of vaccines administered in relation to the first and second dose, in the adult population also the third and fourth, but young people should be given ‘one more prize’ to complete” . You also specified that work is currently underway for the fifth dose vaccination campaign for the population at risk.
In this sense he reiterated the need for vaccination. “The vaccine has totally changed the prognosis of the disease, which with the doses applied, in case of infection, a mild disease is transmitted. Therefore, to avoid other measures, economic, social, in mental health, it is necessary to prioritize vaccination “, he concluded.
