October closed with more than two thousand daily cases and today 20 deaths were confirmed, 1,806 new infections and 11,602 active cases nationwide. Even the total of cases for the tenth month of the year was higher than the sum of August and September together. However, Health Minister Enrique Paris ruled out that the country is facing a third wave of the pandemic.
“I would rather call it a regrowth, it does not have the characteristics that we had in past waves. I do not see an increase in cases that is going to reach 9 thousand cases like in April, by no means, or the six thousand that we had in June of last year “, declared Minister Paris to The Mercury.
According to the Secretary of State, “there are several experts who have the same opinion, that yes, there is obviously an increase in cases, but it is not a third wave, so far.”
“I am not saying that we are not going to have a third wave, but at the moment we do not agree that there is a third wave, yet,” he said. And he considered that “we believe that the figures are going to stabilize.”
In this sense, Minister Paris pointed out that “we will continue to face this outbreak so that a third wave does not occur.”
The Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, added that “we have been seeing an increase in recent weeks”, but “this increase in the last week has been less than the previous ones, particularly in the Metropolitan Region, its increase is less than in the rest of the country. “
Daza said that “we have seen a slowdown in the increase, but we have to keep looking at the numbers and the epidemiological situation. In recent days the situation of critical beds has remained fairly stable. This is very different from what was the first and second wave, the situation is very different, we have a large population vaccinated with first and second doses and with 30% booster doses “.
It is worth mentioning that, as reported by the Minsal, between October 18 and 24 there was an ICU admission of 58 people without a scheme -with first dose, single dose, second dose and without vaccine-; 92 people with a scheme -they have a single dose or second dose plus 14 days and booster doses-; and 13 people who had their booster dose for more than 14 days.
Meanwhile, asked if additional health measures will be taken precisely due to the increase in Covid-19 cases, Undersecretary Daza said that “we have to keep looking, the MRI will remain in Preparation for the moment and is the one with the greatest percentage of booster doses, we are concerned about social activities because we see that this is where people are getting infected. “
And he pointed out that “at this time we are not going to make special changes because we are seeing that the situation in the country, as in the RM, does not merit making more changes than those we have made.”
