The province of Esmeraldas registers 10,420 cases of COVID until January 4.
The average of the pandemic records in Esmeraldas has increased to six cases of COVID per day in the last week, according to reports from the health operating units and the Social Security basic hospital.
Hardy Morales, district director of Health Rioverde-Esmeraldas, said that this increase is due to factors such as non-compliance with vaccination, capacity, biosecurity measures, parties and crowds, mainly at Christmas and the end of the year. “The average number of patients with this pandemic was two or three in the last months of 2021,” said the official.
Health authorities expect a rebound in coronavirus infections in about two more weeks, ruling out suspected cases of the omicron variant in this northern province for the moment.
The Emerald population suffers from conditions such as the common flu, pharyngitis, fever, headaches and muscle aches in recent days, a situation that leads citizens to inoculate, self-medicate or seek care in sanatoriums.
The president of the Esmeraldas College of Physicians, Julio Valencia, urges the population to undergo laboratory tests to rule out or verify that health problems may also be due to malaria, dengue or another of the pathologies that appear in this rainy season. .
In the Health Center No. 1 Esmeraldas a record of 61 people was reported, between adults and children, applying the two doses or the third booster. Martha Cetre, a resident of the Las Américas neighborhood, went to this unit to complete the second dose and hopes that her family members will also do so.
Meanwhile, Mariela Caicedo has had a severe cold since Monday of this week, but the swab test that was performed ruled out that she has coronavirus.
Health authorities with the Education district and the Municipality of Esmeraldas expanded two vaccination points. One of them taking advantage of the assistance of older adults who pay property taxes.
Betto Estupiñán, secretary of the cantonal COE, has reports of few patients admitted to the ICU or triage rooms at the Sur Delfina Torres and IESS hospitals. While more than three coordinated emergencies attended by the ECU-911 of Esmeraldas, in the last two holidays, some cases due to crowds, libadores, dances and parties, revealed Álex Estupiñán, head of the local operational center.
The cantonal COE will meet this Friday and will propose that financial institutions and banking agencies articulate mechanisms to avoid crowds. In addition, it is intended to establish the obligation to present the MSP vaccination certificate in commercial establishments, public and private institutions, land terminals, among others.
The Esmeraldas Fire Department resumed the thermal fogging to disinfect sites such as the Las Palmas boardwalk, ECU-911 and others, for the sanitary protection of the people who go to these places.
The province of Esmeraldas registers 10,420 cases of COVID until January 4. The Esmeraldas canton, with 5,700, is the one with the highest incidence, followed by Quinindé, with 2,345 cases. They are followed by Atacames, 794; Eloy Alfaro, 446; San Lorenzo, 469; Rioverde, 400; and Muisne, 266, according to data from the MSP. (I)
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