He stressed that after the increase in cases and victims of the disease The Ministry of Health and Social Protection recommended continuing to use the mask in closed places.
“In the Ministry of Health we make the recommendation to use the mask in closed spaces or in places where there is a high turnout of people or when we go to visit relatives who we know have some additional risk such as older adults, people with comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity, to avoid those consequences of the virus that can be hospitalization or even death,” he said.
He stressed that in children vaccination has to be reinforced much more in minors where the figures are still low.
“We have in children a vaccination to date of around 63% with at least a dose of covid-19, but only 45% with complete schedules, but we want to tell Colombians that we have high availability of vaccines, doses that have to be applying is a priority because the educational system remains active”, he explained.
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He added that it cannot be forgotten that Colombia It is experiencing a peak due to respiratory diseases that are linked to the rainy season and affect children.
“This vaccination is important for that reason to avoid not only an affectation by covid-19, but also by other viruses,” he said.
monkey pox
In the case of monkey poxconfirmed that in Colombia so far there have been five cases, all from people who traveled to Europe and on their arrival in Colombia presented symptoms.
“We have five confirmed cases in the country in Bogota in Medellin, All the cases so far are imported, from people who were infected on their trips to Europe where the main outbreak is taking place. not detected Until now, person to person in the country, the cases were isolated and their treatments were followed up, where they have evolved very well,” he said.
Escobar also highlighted the actions that have been carried out with the members of the joint team that are part of the new government of the president-elect. Gustav Petro, After completing the first meetings since the administrative part.
