Last Tuesday, January 4, the Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos, stated that Peru was going through its third wave. He also indicated that the cases of infections by COVID-19 had doubled in the areas of Metropolitan Lima and nationally by 50%. Faced with this scenario, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) announced different measures to prevent infections.
Along these lines, the appearance of the new Omicron variant — in Peru so far there are 309 confirmed cases — has alarmed the authorities around the world, due to the ease of transmission that this variant of the disease has. COVID-19. Next, we will tell you the situation of the other Latin American countries and if they have already gone through their third wave due to previous variants such as the delta.
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Which Latin American countries have already gone through their third wave?
As reported by the authorities, Costa Rica It would have experienced its third wave of COVID-19 infections at the beginning of April 2021. It also reported a high increase in infections at that time, reaching a figure of 230,837 infected by coronavirus on April 19. It also became the fourth country in America with the most infections.
For its part, Mexico It also went through a third wave at the beginning of June 2021. The health authorities reported on August 10 that the death toll due to the delta variant reached 245,476, while the confirmed cases totaled 2,997,885. September, the numbers of infections were reduced throughout the Mexican territory.
“The reduction of the epidemic continues on a national scale and the 32 states are already showing a clear trend of reducing cases,” said Hugo López-Gatell, in charge of the pandemic in Mexico and undersecretary of Prevention and Promotion of the Salud, at a press conference given on that date.
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On the other hand, Brazil had its third wave in June 2021. As reported, on June 19 the death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 500,000. “The third wave is coming, the changes are beginning to be seen in the case-death curves. Vaccination, which could change things, progresses slowly and there are no signs of movement restriction measures, on the contrary, ”said epidemiologist Ethel Maciel, from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Ufes).
Similarly, the Minister of Health of Argentina, Carla Vizzotti, announced on December 29, 2021 that the third wave was beginning in the country. Along these lines, he also commented that progress could be delayed thanks to health measures and the application of booster vaccines against COVID-19. He also explained that 83% of the population has started vaccination and 7% have already completed their scheme.
Colombia It went through its third wave at the beginning of April 2021. The country was severely affected and had around 30,000 daily infections of COVID-19, adding up to the moment the highest number of confirmed cases in the country so far. of the pandemic.
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For its part, Cuba lived its third wave around June 2021. According to the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), 3,519 positive cases of COVID-19 would be reported, one of the highest figures since the pandemic began.
In that line, Venezuela It went through its third wave between the months of October and November 2021, where 1,326 new infections were reported. While Guatemala had its third moment of multiple infections at the beginning of August, likewise, the seriousness of the infections led them to have 492,570 confirmed cases and 12,388 deaths from the pandemic at that time with 90% of the territory under a maximum level of epidemiological alert.
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Similarly, Panama It also had its third peak of COVID-19 infections in August. However, the country’s health authorities reported that it was milder than the previous waves due to the health measures that were applied and the vaccination process against the coronavirus throughout the country.
Thus, Luis Francisco Sucre, Minister of Health of Panama, affirmed that the state of the pandemic at that time has “impacted the behavior of the virus, manifested in a third attenuated wave and with a tendency to decrease, therefore, less forceful than the previous ones in the country compared to neighboring countries ”, he said.
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