Public calamity decreed in Montería due to high temperatures and drought - Other Cities - Colombia

The municipal administration of Montería, through the Risk Management Unit, declared the public calamity in Montería and its rural zonesbefore the season summer strong.

The authorities made an assessment of the situation in the neighborhoods of the capital and its rural areas, knowing first-hand the lack of water.

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Low levels of the Sinú River

Several sectors affected by the dry season have already been attended to, in the company of the Montería fire department and staff from the Metropolitan Police…

“Due to the dry season that is taking place in the municipality of Montería and after the first Municipal Council for Disaster Risk Management was held, it was agreed together with the corresponding entities to decree the public calamity in order to attend to the dry season,” he said. Luis David Ordosgoitia Mora, advisor to the Municipal Risk Management program.

The authorities were able to verify the low levels of the Sinú River and the infrequency of the service to subnormal neighborhoods of the city.

The municipal Risk Management official said that among the actions to be developed is the supply of drinking water through tank cars, after requests made by the affected communities.

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In addition, they indicated that the work is done in this way due to the great demand for families to receive the service. “Several sectors affected by the dry season have already been attended to, in the company of the Montería fire department and personnel from the Metropolitan Police, entities that support the supply of drinking water,” said Ordosgoitia Mora.

Affected areas

It was established that the vast majority of neighborhoods in subnormal areas suffer from a lack of drinking water. In the same way, the corregimientos of San Anterito, Santa Clara, Santa Lucía, Morindó and Leticia are in need of the service.

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The Risk Management coordinator said that the communities will be able to directly request the supply of drinking water by directly submitting the request physically through an official letter on the first floor of the Mayor’s Office or by sending an email to the entity.

The authorities in Montería also prohibited the burning of garbage to prevent forest fires.

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Covid-19 in Antioquia: hospital red alert decreed - Medellín - Colombia

The Governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria Correa, decreed this Wednesday the hospital red alert in the department, because the occupation of intensive care units (ICU) is reaching 92 percent.

This means that of 998 beds that are enabled throughout Antioquia, 918 are occupied, which is why this measure was taken, which will apply until occupancy drops to less than 90 percent.

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Gaviria clarified that unlike previous occasions, this time the hospital red alert will not restrict medical procedures that require an ICU bed to be secured.

He also explained that the intention with the measure is that the IPS can enable more of these services, taking into account that the goal of 1,000 is almost reached, but that to decongest them it could be 1,200 ICUs. In previous peaks of the pandemic, Antioquia had 1,474 intensive care units enabled.

The largest number of people who are dying in this wave of covid 19 and especially in the omicron variant are people who have not been vaccinated

“This measure has two fundamental purposes: to send a message of self-responsibility to all public opinion, that we understand the increase or peak of this variant, but also to give the IPS tools so that we can move forward together in the next phase of increased care. and for them to take the pertinent measures in order to achieve care for covid patients who require it,” the governor said.

As for the citizens, he reiterated that with this he hopes to send two messages. The decision to get vaccinated and to maintain self-care measures.

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“I think it is a truth recognized throughout the world that the largest number of people who are dying in this wave of covid-19 and especially in the omicron variant are people who have not been vaccinated. The measure has a message, in some way. way, of urgency to public opinion, to citizens, in the sense of maintaining protection measures and advancing the vaccination decision,” said the president.

According to the latest report from the Antioquia Health Section, there are 819 patients hospitalized for covid-19, of which 365 are in Intensive Care Units and 454 in general hospitalization.

Regarding the ICU beds in the department, among which are intended for the care of patients with covid-19 and patients with other pathologies, of all the beds that Antioquia has, to date there are 918 occupied, of which which 286 are with covid patients, 45 with suspected of having this virus and 587 are occupied by patients with other diseases.

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That is, the current exact occupation is 91.98 percent, according to the Sectional Secretary of Health.

It should be remembered that in recent days, municipalities such as Rionegro (Eastern Antioquia) reached 100 percent occupancy of the 70 available intensive care units.

“Of those, approximately eight patients are from Rionegro, the rest are from the Eastern Antioquia region, some from the metropolitan area. This availability that we have is becoming insufficient, to the extent that more cases are arriving,” said Rodrigo Hernández, mayor of Rionegro.

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