The contagion by covid-19 in Montería increased by 44 percent during the month of January of the current year, with a percentage of deaths that reached 80 percentwhich forced the expansion of capacity in the ICU units.
The information was delivered by the Municipal Health Secretariat, an entity that during the week asked health care companies to implement strategies to increase intensive care beds.
The report from the Ministry of Health indicates that in the most recent 15 days the positivity of the contagion increased, passing from 1 and 4 percent in November and December of the year 2021 to 44 percent in January 2022.
Monitoring of indicators
Two weeks ago, we began a significant increase in Covid-19 infections in our municipality and, according to projections, we expect two more weeks of high positivity.
In relation to the situation that is registered in Montería with the contagion, the health secretary Yamina Restrepo has stated that she is monitoring the indicators of the pandemic.
“We started a significant increase in COVID-19 infections in our municipality two weeks ago and we expect, according to projections, two more weeks of high positivity,” Restrepo said.
In the same way, he stated that, in coordination with the municipal administration, they began meetings with the Health Provider Entities -EPS- to draw up plans that allow adequate care for patients who can reach the city’s clinics and hospitals.
“Among the main strategies established within this space, we have the transfer of beds to care for covid-19 patients and the destination of human talent, specific and by area within the EPS, to prepare for a greater number of patients to care for,” said María Isabel Moscote, an epidemiologist from the Ministry of Health.
Of the 30 deaths in January, 20 victims had not been vaccinated
We invite all people over 18 years of age who have received their second dose more than 4 months, to come to receive their booster dose.
The report of the Secretary of Municipal Health realizes 30 people died during January of the current year due to covid-19, of which 20 did not present any vaccine against the disease and 4 more with the incomplete schedule.
“This represents us 80 percent of the deaths at the beginning of the year 2022,” they said.
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The increase in cases of infections and deaths forces the health authorities of Córdoba to increase the vaccination processes and especially to call on the communities to attend the biological application posts.
The advisory doctor of the Municipal Health Secretariat, José Vergara, made the call for them to attend to be vaccinated, with emphasis on booster doses.
“We invite all people over 18 years of age who have received their second dose more than 4 months, to go to any vaccination point in the city to receive their booster dose,” he noted.
Health officials in Montería hope to be able to counteract the actions of covid-19 and have the capacity to care for patients.
Francis Xavier Barrios
Special for WEATHER
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