The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) requested that there be adequate sanitary measures on the holiday such as social distancing, use of a mask, ventilation.
The older adults in Ecuador they already receive a third dose against the coronavirus, government authorities said.
According to Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, In 6 of the 9 zonal coordinations, in which the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) is divided, they started the vaccination of reinforcement of health personnel.
That State portfolio estimates that there are about 110,000 people that are part of the health sector.
Garzón added that in the zonal 1 (Carchi, Imbabura, Sucumbíos and Esmeraldas), 4 (Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas), 6 (Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago) and 8 (Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón) also they are already inoculating people over 65 years of age.
While in the zonal 3 (Chimborazo, Pastaza, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua), 5 (Guayas, with the exception of the cantons of Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón, Los Ríos, Bolívar, Santa Elena and Galapagos) and 9 (Metropolitan District of Quito), will begin to vaccinate from the November 4th, after the November holiday.
Zonal Coordination 4, which corresponds to Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, reported the third dose older adults.
For Garzón, the pandemic is controlled because the viral positivity stands at 4.7.
“We can say that the pandemic is under control at the moment, but we don’t have to trust ourselves, ”Garzón said at a virtual press conference this Thursday.
He added that in Ecuador there is the presence of the delta variant, which is more contagious, and that control can get out of hand due to a lack of citizen co-responsibility.
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He asked that there be proper sanitation on the holiday looming, such as social distancing, use of a mask, ventilation of places; otherwise there could be a regrowth, although, he indicated, there have been small outbreaks.
Garzón said that COVID deaths They have been reduced since last week there was a death from coronavirus.
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The cases, he added, have also fallen, which has allowed the hospitals are reactivated with regular hospitalizations and there are no waiting lists or difficulty in accessing beds in intensive care units (ICU).
He claimed that there is a vaccine reserve of more than 10 million doses.
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