From the Government they indicated with great concern that 2023 started with “a very high circulation” in cases of coronavirusbecause according to the latest epidemiological report, in the last week 72,558 new cases were detected.
For this reason, the national director of Epidemiology and Strategic Information, Analía Rearte, warned that it is necessary to reinforce vaccination to avoid new cases of coronavirussince the vaccines for the virus they lose effectiveness after four months.
The official explained that parallel to the cases of coronavirus there is also a high circulation of influenza, which has caused respiratory diseases to increase in much of the country.
“Today we are with a very, very high circulation of Covid. Throughout this year we had viral circulation, We started 2023 with a very high circulation of Covid, SARS-CoV-2, concomitantly with influenza, which was a strange thing because influenza does not generally circulate in summer“Reart said.
And he added: “throughout the year there was viral circulation, which is also somewhat rare because respiratory viruses have their seasonality in winter, with which the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has altered a bit this past year.”
He also maintained “today we are already experiencing a decrease but until a couple of weeks ago we had a very strong circulation of influenza viruses”, for which he remarked that “SARS-CoV-2 with these new variants is a tremendously transmissible virus “.
For this reason, the epidemiologist first recommended going to get vaccinated, which also implies receiving reinforcements as appropriate. She also suggested reimplementing the use of the mask, especially in public transport and closed spaces.
“All of us as a society have already learned what the prevention of respiratory viruses is. The first thing, to avoid serious disease, what we have is vaccination and here it is very important to reinforce that if we go more than four months after the last dose, a booster dose must be applied because the prognosis really changes a lot when you are correctly vaccinated than when you are not,” he stressed.
What is the level of infections in the country?
According to the latest report presented this Monday by the Ministry of Health, in the last week the infections of covid-19 they grew by 17%, which represented 72,558 new cases. This leaves the country with a total of 9,963,697 infections since the start of the pandemic.
As for deaths, the number rose 7%, since 47 people died between December 26 and January 2. The total number of deaths reaches 130,171. Meanwhile, the level of hospitalizations in the Intensive Care Unit (UTI) throughout the country remains at 40.7%
