This Tuesday, July 28, at 5 in the morning, the first stage of unconfinement begins in 7 communes of the Metropolitan Region –Tiltil, Colina, Lo Barnechea, Vitacura, Las Condes, La Reina and Ñuñoa– and 2 in the Region of Valparaíso –San Antonio and San Felipe–, which will enter the “transition” phase of the “Step by Step” plan of the Ministry of Health.
In these communes the mobility restriction will be maintained, but only during weekends and holidays. In addition, social or sports activities of no more than 10 people are allowed outdoors, and also social gatherings of no more than 5 people indoors.
To reach this decision, the Minsal relied on its traceability data, which allows monitoring of infections, which is at 80%. However, for experts the figure is not enough and even They affirm that the numbers in particular are not public knowledge, and therefore they have called on the Government to open them.. Others, like the Medical College, affirm that there are differences in the traceability that they manage with those of the ministry led by Enrique Paris and that the “Step by Step” plan was not presented to them.
This Tuesday, the president of the Medical College, Izkia Siches, indicated in Radio DNA that “very early on the idea was established that there was 80% traceability accomplished in our country”. “We have carried out parallel surveys, at least by primary care, and we have the perception that there is quite a distance from what is happening in the territory to the central figures,” he added.
“In the platform used for this purpose, Epivigila, the traceability modality was incorporated a few days ago, last week, recently. It is for the same reason that you have to look not only at the results indicated by the Health authority, but that also how these were generated. I think that, unfortunately, the successive errors in terms of figures mean that, at least our institution as a Medical College, requires other fundamentals than just the self-diagnosis of the Health portfolio, “he assured.
From the Colmed they have proposed alternatives, such as an audit of these data, carried out by “some university or other institution”, so as not to “fall into self-deception.” “It would be a fragility in this important strategy, so we hope to be able to know the depth of the indicators, how they are generated, because they are extremely important,” Siches said.
“I think that we have all learned from these mistakes and it is necessary both for the authority to comply with these stages and also for those of us who assume an oversight role or accountability within this Social Table we do it with all the seriousness that it requires, “he concluded.
Number “accurate and safe”
However, the Ministry of Health answered these criticisms of Siches. During the balance of this Monday, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, stated that the traceability data, with which they made the decision to advance to the transition phase, are “accurate”.
“80% is quite accurate and quite safe. The ideal would be to reach 90 or even 100%, as we have reached in Aysén and Los Ríos, however, that requires very long work with a large number of people, and obviously we are making every effort, “he replied.
It is reliable, according to Paris, because like Minsal they have spent “a considerable amount in millions of pesos to just strengthen traceability” in all the communes of the country.
“I said that in the communes that we have mistrusted, we have just made it easier to trace, isolate and detect, and I have given the examples of Aysén and Los Ríos, where traceability is reaching 100%,” he reiterated.
Please do not doubt the work that our APS (Primary Health Care) officials can do. When they question the work that our health officials do, both from the Ministry and from APS, it really causes me pain and I it also causes them pain, because I know that these officials with sacrifice, dedication and dedication are doing a great job in pursuit of the health of Chile, “he concluded.
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