the country could register more deaths than Uruguay in the coming days due to the coronavirus

During a press conference on the epidemiological situation in Paraguay, the director of Health surveillance, Guillermo Sequera, said there was a sustained increase in Covid-19 cases in the region. In this sense, he said that in the coming days Paraguay will overtake Uruguay in number of deaths per million inhabitants.

“Almost all countries were or are in the oven. We are in the oven, like all countries. The important thing is to get out of the oven. Today we are the country with the highest number of cases per day“Says Sequera.

Public health recorded a decrease in the number of cases Central Yes Hypothesis. However, the infections reappeared. epidemiological situation in Paraguay

In this sense, Sequera pointed out that Itapua It is the region with the greatest increase in infections over the past two months. As Alto Paraná, Cordillera, Caaguazú Yes Caazapá they are also registering a considerable increase in the number of people infected.

He assured that the majority of mayors of Itapúa takes action to alleviate the situation in terms of infections and clarified that not only Incarnation There is an increase in cases, if not virtually the entire department. “The south is connected”Sequera said in colloquial terms.

Paraguay’s epidemiological situation: more than a third of the country has an increase in cases

As for red areas, said more than a third of the country is with cities with a high number of cases or community transmission. He indicated that 93 percent of Paraguay has some type of Covid-19 case.

“We have practically cases in all the departments of the country, in 240 districts out of the 259 that we have. The virus is spreading throughout the national territorySaid Sequera.

The head of health surveillance said that a few weeks of increase in the number of deaths await the country for the coronavirus pandemic.

“The most benign projections speak of 130 to 140 deaths per day. The weeks ahead are going to be the hardest“Did he declare.

The epidemiologist explained that 79% of the population want to be vaccinated while 8% also want to be vaccinated, but not immediately because they prefer to see the effect on someone else or because they have had the disease recently. epidemiological situation in Paraguay

On the other hand, he assured that there are 14 percent who do not want to apply the vaccines for fear of possible side effects or because they do not trust the vaccines.

In addition, given the critical situation, he asked to help grandparents who cannot go to a vaccination center.

“You were registered or enrolled, but you don’t want to be vaccinated because you fear side effects, don’t trust vaccines or it’s an experience, a lack of information, or it’s a lie»Sequera said.

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About a possible return to a strict and total quarantine Given the increase in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19, Sequera assured that this decision did not depend on health surveillance.

Finally, regarding a contagion mitigation plan, he said that they were analyzing the taking of new health measures. epidemiological situation in Paraguay

“We are in a critical situation, we are in the oven. The important thing is not to spend a lot of time there, but to get out of it as soon as possible. The possibility of total quarantine is not up to me. People are infected in family settings and in private meetings, where two out of three infections occur“Sequera explained.

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