Coronavirus infections increase in the country, according to government authorities; they call to get vaccinated

The positivity viral del coronavirus has risen in Ecuador in the last week, which implies that, in the coming weeks, there could be a change in the trend in both hospitalization and intensive care, although the death rate has not risen.

This was stated the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, in a radio interview, this Tuesday. He added that among the IESS, Armed Forces and National Police hospitals, there is the 46 % of its intensive care (ICU) bed capacity for COVID covered.

“Although the number of cases has increased because of a viral positivity of 4.7, less than 5, in approximately five weeks, the week before it rose to 6.6What does that mean? That the rate of contagions have increased and that, in the coming weeks, may be reflected in an increase in the need for hospitalization and also for ICU beds … ”, he said.

Third dose for older adults is given after six months of the last vaccine

He added that most people who are hospitalized or in intensive care and intubated are because they have received single or no dose and that the cases of vaccinated older adults in the ICU are due to the fact that they suffer from very aggravating diseases.

He called on the population to come to be inoculated. As an example, in Manabi, indicated that there is 29 ICU patients and 80% of them either do not have vaccines or have incomplete vaccination.

In Quito, some 60,000 elderly people have already received the anti-coronavirus reinforcement

In the provinces of the Amazon region is where they have occurred more infections and he added that it coincides with the areas where there is less vaccination.

He explained that they have determined that people get infected after leisure or distraction activities, for example, restaurants, discos, concerts, where there is no use of a mask, social distancing.