Three dead in twelve hours • Diario Democracy

The Chacabuco Municipal Health Ministry reported Three people die from COVID19 Between the afternoon of Thursday and early morning of Friday. They are two women, between the ages of 74 and 76, the first of whom was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia due to the Coronavirus and multiple comorbidities; The second was in intensive care at a municipal hospital, with bilateral pneumonia diagnosed due to COVID19 and shortness of breath. On the other hand, this is the dawn A 72-year-old man died, Who was admitted to intensive care at the municipal hospital, with the same diagnosis of the other two deceased persons.

At the moment, there are seven people in the intensive care unit, 35 in the third hospital ward, 7 in the second and 21 in the first. There are 269 active infections, 2,400 people are in quarantine and 32 are awaiting swab results. There have been 94 deaths from COVID19 since the start of the pandemic in the region.

UK breed variable circulation

The Minister of Health said: “The sample was sent in accordance with protocol, it was from a patient who had traveled abroad. This was determined to be the British alternative. We suspected something was happening and we are now waiting for further reports.” Chacabuco, Ignacio Gastaldi, adding that “this strain is 50% more contagious.”

For her part, Doctor of Infectious Diseases Alicia Bajula He pointed out that “variables of concern, they have a greater spread, the patient can infect more people. They have different behavior, they are more aggressive, there are patients who are more active” and added that “there is a wide range of new patients. The variants, the virus wants to survive and continue.” “. On the other hand, the specialist stressed that “most of the vaccines are used for this alternative, and today the most worrisome alternative is South Africa, which is the most resistant to the Astrazeneca vaccine.”

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“The original virus has been replaced by variables, and those variables are what cause the second wave in the country, which is the third peak in the case of our region,” he said. Gastaldi He added, “The variables that are most commonly traded in major cities are Manaus, the United Kingdom and Andina.”

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