Rains in Medellin: 9 points in risk areas are attended - Medellin - Colombia

The urban and uncontrolled growth in Medellín caused many neighborhoods to become high mountain areas and risk of flooding or mass movements.

Thus, when there are heavy rains, there are certain sectors that suffer more than others and where evacuations and attention to critical points are recurrent.

The Medellin mayor’s office identified nine places which he described as “critical points” in which it carries out risk mitigation works.

“These are sectors that suffered damage to the public space as a result of the heavy rains and for which the declaration of manifest urgency was necessary, thus guaranteeing the resources for attention,” reported Natalia Urrego, Secretary of Infrastructure.

These areas are: Manrique La Honda, La Cuchilla village, El Llano village, La Asomadera, Santo Domingo Savio (Popular), Buenos Aires, El Pingüino (Santa Elena), Monteverde (Altavista), El Vergel village (San Antonio de Prado) .

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Mitigation actions were also carried out in the corregimiento of San Cristóbal

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Medellin’s town hall

The investment for these works exceeds $35,700 million and, of the nine points identified, the works have already been completed in the first three and have already been delivered to the community.

Among the actions are: the reconstruction of roads and platforms, the construction of bridges, retaining walls and drainage systems for the management of rainwater.

“In the case of the corregimientos, specifically in San Cristóbal, we are also generating competitiveness and opening new opportunities for farmers to offer their products,” added Urrego.

In this corregimiento, in the village of La Cuchilla, a bridge was built to reduce the risk of landslides in the area, 480 meters of road were improved and retaining walls were built.

Also in San Cristóbal, El Llano village, an area of ​​5,120 square meters was renovated, 828 meters of track were recovered, a geological fault in the ground was corrected and retaining walls were built to prevent future emergencies.

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In Manrique La Honda, where the manifest urgency had been decreed after the winter caused damage to the road, platforms and some homes, the official explained that pipes were installed there and activities were carried out to channel water; Piles and retaining walls were built to stabilize the land and platforms and tracks were recovered.

“We have been waiting for these jobs for a long time. For us it was very important to channel this stream because the water entered our house. The improvement of the road also helps us a lot, especially for me who has a sister with a disability and now we can move better”, said Orlando Santa María, a resident of the neighborhood.

The mayor’s office indicated that the remaining work fronts already exceed 60% of execution.

MEDELLIN

The incidence of coronavirus falls more than 300 points in a week

The accumulated incidence of coronavirus has dropped 306 points since last Friday, February 18, the week in which Health has reported 1,412 deaths, although some cases are delays in notifications. The sixth wave continues to decline in all indicators, especially in hospitals.

This Friday the incidence stands at 613 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 35 points less than yesterday (648) and compared to 919 last Friday, a difference of 306 points, still at extreme risk of transmission as long as it does not drop below 500/100,000.

However, the week of February 14 to 18 this difference in the rate of decline was, from Friday to Friday, 542 points, so the curve is slowing down.

All the autonomous communities have dropped below a thousand cases and Galicia, with 999, is in the lead, although its drop is visible since last Friday it had 1,500 new cases.

On the other side, Melilla has 290; Andalusia 313; Castile-La Mancha 390 and Madrid 398.

By age groups, the highest incidence occurs in the group of 12 to 19 years (983); followed by those between 20 and 29 years old (752).

Deaths: 1,412 reported

The Ministry of Health It has notified a total of 1,412 deaths from covid since last Friday, although many of them have an earlier date of death and have been communicated late by the autonomous communities.

This Friday, 248 deaths have been reported, 226 yesterday, 301 on Wednesday, 173 on Tuesday and 464 on Monday after the weekend.

Since death records are available from this health crisis, a total of 99,410 people have died in Spain.

Infections down

According to the Ministry of Health, the total number of positives reported this Friday compared to the previous day is 27,527 and 168,302 in the last eight days.

The previous week, from February 14 to 18, a total of 205,022 were recorded, reflecting a progressive drop in coronavirus cases.

Since the start of the pandemic, as far as is known, there have been 10,977,524 cases in Spain.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests continues to drop to 19.22%, 3.8 points less in a week.

Less hospital strain

The ICUs are at 11.38% bed occupancy with 1,053 patients, 59 less than yesterday and 231 less since Friday, February 18.

No autonomous community is in a situation of extreme risk (more than 25% occupancy), although Catalonia has 20.75%.

In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 7,248 covid patients (5.848% occupancy), 576 less than yesterday and 2,494 less than the previous Friday.

vaccinations

In total there are 38,425,973 citizens91.1% of the population over 12 years of age, with the full schedule of the covid vaccine.

In addition, 24 million people have already received the booster dose, 50.7% of the general population.

57.1% of children between 5 and 11 years old (1.8 million out of 3.2 million) have received at least one dose and 16.7% already have the complete schedule since the start of the pediatric vaccination campaign.

Family planning points in the Medellin Metro - Medellin - Colombia

In the Medellin Metro, they enabled two planning points, located at the San Antonio and Acevedo stations, to maintain efforts to reduce adolescent pregnancies which, at the local level, exceed 30% in the last two years.

The services will be enabled from Monday to Saturday, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., without prior appointment for women residents of Medellín, between 10 and 28 years old, who are affiliated with Savia Salud, SURA, Nueva EPS , Total Health, Coomeva and Sanitas. The available methods are: injectable, pills or subdermal implant, in addition there will be monitoring in mental health.

“In our campaign against teenage pregnancy, we continue to achieve results: we have achieved a historic reduction since records began in our city and that is why we have set up two new planning points so that more women, up to the age of 28, can access birth control methods. planning. We are waiting for all of you, decide on your body and we are going to further reduce the numbers of adolescent pregnancy”, indicated the social manager of Medellín, Diana Osorio Vanegas.

According to figures from that dependency of the Mayor’s Office, in the capital of Antioquia more than 1,000 cases have been reduced in the last two years, which represents the most important achievement in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy. In addition, during the last year they have reached more than 135,000 people with educational and planning actions.

This strategy is accompanied by a dashboard created with the use of artificial intelligence and data analysis, which through 24,168 records and 92 variables collects information on early motherhood for the last eight years and becomes a predictive instrument for the characterization and prioritization of initiatives, resources and institutional attention.

The Municipal Administration has also arranged the friend line 4444448 and 3007231123 to advise on sexual and reproductive health and assign appointments and support in the contraception process for men and women.

MEDELLIN

Incidence falls 217 points and 601 deaths reported after the weekend

The cumulative incidence of coronavirus falls 217 points after the weekend to 1,244 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. All epidemiological indicators continue to decline, except for the deaths that total 601 reported since last Friday.

Customers at a bar in San Sebastián. The Basque Government, since Monday, has relaxed the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. EFE/Javier Etxezarreta

The sixth wave of coronavirus in Spain is still in a rapid decline phase, except for deaths. After the weekend, 601 more deaths have been reported, one of the highest figures after three days although many of the cases correspond to delayed notifications.

Last Monday, February 7, a total of 335 deaths from covid were reported in three days, while last Friday (last day with data), there were 389.

The total number of deaths since records are available in this pandemic is 96,596.

According to Health, the communities have reported almost 10,000 deaths (9,679) since the beginning of the sixth wave (October 14, 2021), which represents 10% of the total deaths from covid in the two years of the pandemic.

The incidence: 217 points less

The cumulative incidence to 14 days of coronavirus it has fallen 217 points since last Friday to 1,244 cases per 100,000 compared to 1,461 three days ago.

All regions have dropped below 2,000 cases and those with the highest incidence are Galicia (1,869); Murcia (1,861) and Cantabria (1,809).

At the other extreme, Andalusia stands out with 509 cases; Canary Islands with 555; Melilla with 846 and Madrid with 883 cases, according to data released this Monday by the Ministry of Health.

For age bracketsthe incidence is low in all groups, especially in those under 11 years of age with 1,811 cases/100,000 compared to 2,288 last Friday.

Infections: they drop to 68,706 in three days

According to the Ministry of Health, there have been 68,706 infections more after the weekend, in contrast to last Monday when the positives amounted to 120,818

Since the start of the pandemic in Spain there are already 10,672,906 infections on record.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests continues to drop to 27.66 compared to 29.46 on Friday or 31.69 last Monday.

Less pressure on hospitals

The ICUs are at 16.34% bed occupancy with 1,525 patients, 63 less since Friday and 313 since last Monday.

Above the very high risk of occupancy (25%) are still the critical units of Catalonia (31%) and Aragon (26%).

In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 12,170 covid patients (9.8% occupancy), 673 fewer patients than last Friday and 3,821 since Monday, February 7.

Vaccines

In total there are 38,382,155 citizens, 91% of the population over 12 years of age, with the full schedule of the covid vaccine.

In addition, 23.3 million people have already received the booster dose, 78.2% of those over 40 years of age, 38% of those between 30 and 39 years of age and 27% of those between 20 and 29 years of age.

56.3% of children aged 5 to 11 years (1.8 million out of 3.2 million) have received the first dose of the vaccine since the campaign began on December 15 and the first are already being inoculated with the second doses after the 8-week interval.

The rate of childhood vaccination in the autonomous communities is uneven, in the Balearic Islands it is 34.4%, while Galicia has vaccinated 82% of the pediatric population.

The incidence of coronavirus falls more than 700 points since Friday

The incidence of coronavirus in Spain has fallen 779 points since last Friday and infections total 495,523 in these eight days. The decline in the sixth wave of the pandemic is consolidated with a drop also in hospital occupancy but with 195 more deaths reported since yesterday.

Vaccination in the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia. EFE/Biel Aliño

Compared to this Thursday, the 14-day cumulative incidence falls 121 points to 2,299 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to the 3,078 registered the previous Friday, a drop of 779 points.

All regions They are in the declining phase with Catalonia at the head of the incidence with 3,825 cases compared to 5,352 on January 30.

At the other extreme, Andalusia stands out with 727 incidence cases (1,076 8 days ago).

For age bracketsthe low incidence in all groups, especially in those under 11 years of age with 4,277 cases per 100,000, compared to 4,596 yesterday and 5,813 last Friday.

Infections down

According to him Ministry of Healththe total of positive reported this Friday compared to the previous day is 74,937 and 495,523 since last Friday. The previous week, from January 21 to 30, 803,672 were recorded.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 10,274,653 coronavirus infections in Spain.

The test positivity rate diagnoses continues to fall to 33.9%, 5 points less in a week.

The mortality

With a date of death in the last 7 days there are 833 people and 94,235 since the start of this health crisis.

In relation to the previous day, this Friday 195 more deaths are reported.

Hospital stress is reduced

The ICUs are at 19.9% ​​bed occupancy with 1,880 patients, 67 fewer than yesterday and 180 fewer since Friday, January 30.

Catalonia has lowered the pressure on critical units by dropping to 37.6% and after having an occupation of 40% for two days this week.

In Spanish hospitals, on the ward and ICU, there are 16,326 covid patients (13% occupancy), 686 less than yesterday and 2,067 less than the previous Friday.

vaccinations

In total there are 38.3 million citizens -90.8% of the total population- with the double dose, of which 22.2 million have the extra or reinforcement serum against the coronavirus and 55.4 of the children from 5 to 11 with the first dose.

lowers the incidence of coronavirus by 91 points

The accumulated incidence has dropped 91 points this Tuesday, from 3,397 to 3,306 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the first significant drop in this sixth wave, although it must be taken into account that an autonomous community, Murcia, has not been able to dump its data. Reported deaths rise to 284 more in 24 hours, the highest daily figure of the sixth wave

Sixth wave: the incidence of coronavirus drops by 91 points without data from Murcia

The fact that Murcia (which yesterday had an incidence of 4,714 cases per 100,000 and 2,247 cases the day before) has not been able to upload the data to the system for technical reasons, making it difficult to calculate whether the accumulated incidence has already reached the peak of this sixth wave.

The 14-day cumulative incidence has dropped since last Friday an average of 68 daily growth points compared to 35 on Friday or 28 on Thursday and less than 89 last Monday.

The 7-day cumulative incidence has dropped since yesterday from 1,657 cases to 1,522, without the data from Murcia, although yesterday, Monday, it only rose three points compared to Friday.

The truth is that the autonomous communities with the highest incidence are in a declining phase and none of them exceeds 7,000 or 6,000 cases as in the past week.

Navarre goes from 6,056 to 5,974; Basque Country from 5981 to 5681; or Aragon from 5962 to 5882.

contagions

The Ministry of Health has notified a total of 94,472 infections in 24 hours, without those provided by Murcia.

After the weekend, yesterday 331,467 were reported (an average of 110,489 in three days).

The total number of people infected in Spain by the coronavirus and accounted for amounts to 8,518,975.

The positivity rate of diagnostic tests is decreasing from 40.34% to 39.39%.

Mortality: 284 deaths, the highest number of this wave

This Tuesday, the Ministry of Health It has reported 284 more deaths in 24 hours (234 yesterday), the highest daily number of the sixth wave.

With date of death in the last 7 days there are 564 deaths.

The total number of deaths since there are records of deaths certified by evidence in the pandemic in Spain is 91,277.

The global lethality is 1.1%.

The ucis remain at 23% occupancy

Since last week, the occupancy of ICU beds has remained at 23%, high risk, and close to 25%, which is extreme risk.

The Spanish average in critical care units is 23.63% occupancy today (23.83% yesterday) with 2,243 patients, 8 less than this Monday.

Catalonia continues to lead employment but has dropped from 44% to 42.8%, while Navarra, the Balearic Islands and Aragón are above 30% and the Basque Country exceeds 29%.

The occupancy of beds due to covid in hospitals (both on the ward and in the ICU) has been at high risk of occupancy since yesterday (15%) with 15.17% and 18,918 patients, 91 more than yesterday.

vaccinations

65.7% of people over 40 years of age already have the booster dose, while 68.1% have already received the single-dose booster from Janssen and 79.9% from AstraZeneca, more than 18 million of people..

45% of children between the ages of 5 and 11 have been vaccinated with one dose, a total of 1.4 million of the 3.3 million target population since the campaign began on December 15.

In Spain, 90.5% of the population over 12 years of age has received the full course of the covid vaccine, 38.1 million people.