According to the Secretary of Health, Francisco Viteri, the tests are applied in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health (MSP).
The Municipality of Quito will not acquire evidence to detect coronavirus.
According Francisco Viteri, Secretary of Health of the Quito council, the tests that are applied to detect the disease, both CRP and antigen, are those that have been coordinated with the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) since that local entity did not acquire a test either in 2021 nor will it do so in 2022 .
Argued that for buy the tests a delegation agreement with the MSP is required.
He explained that to apply a test you first do a medical evaluation. The Municipality of Quito maintains medical brigades in neighborhoods of the capital of the Republic to detect the virus
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Regarding the sanitary situation, Viteri mentioned that the occupation in beds of hospitalization to treat COVID in sentinel hospitals, which are the Pablo Arturo Suarez of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) and IESS Quito South, It is located in a 86.75% and for intensive care units (UCI) of 74.67%.
“It was clear to us that indeed at the moment, the need to expand hospital coverage has not been determined, Because the system -as it is designed- with the sentinel hospitals, they still pay attention to the hospital demand; as this demand may increase or saturate sentinel hospitals, hospital coverage will be expanded … “, said Viteri, in the session of the Metropolitan Council on Tuesday, about a meeting with health authorities.
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