They recommended to the public that the December celebrations be held only with the closest relatives.
The Pichincha College of Physicians he was concerned about him slow rise but progressive from coronavirus cases in Ecuador, a few days before the December festivities are celebrated, for which he proposed measures to the Government.
Víctor Álvarez, president of the union, made a comparison on new infections, between October 15 and November 14, and indicated that there were 9,766 cases, while from November 15 to December 14 they were confirmed 10,665 new infected.
In addition there would be a increased mortality associated with the pandemic of 475 people died between November and December, while from October to November there were 189.
Given the confirmation of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in Ecuador, no new restrictive measures are foreseen
For the union, the measures provided by the national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) are insufficient, so they raised expedite vaccination, communication actions in favor of this process, motivate citizens not to relax and maintain biosecurity measures, as well as being done diagnostic tests.
Capacity limitations, prohibition of dances, processions and burning of puppets in public areas, among restrictive measures for Christmas and New Year’s Eve
“Right now with the delta variant, with the omicron variant that in a few days, in a few weeks will already be in the community, let us have that situation to protect our family ”, opined.
He recalled that in the first days of December it was asked to decrease the capacity in public transport, in shopping centers, in places of entertainment.
The December festivities suggested to the population that they celebrate them in the intimate family core.
“The more the population relaxes more cases (of coronavirus) increase ”, He said.
For Francisco Viteri, Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Quito, the virus has had a seasonal behavior, that is, after certain dates such as holidays or public holidays there is an increase in cases that last between two to four weeks and then descend.
That happened, the official added, early 2021, at Carnival, at Easter, in October, in November.
“We are with a maximum of 470 cases, which have remained, between 411 to 470 (cases) in the last four weeks ”, Viteri mentioned, referring to the epidemiological report of week 48, which corresponds to December 4.
With regard to the hospital situation, Álvarez indicated that beds in intensive care units are being increased.
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