Lagoon Plague Evacuation Process Against COVID-19 in Puerto Rico

As of March 5, Puerto Rico will begin administering the second dose of vaccine against COVID-19 to health workers receiving the dose of Pfizer in the week beginning December 14th.

And, despite the tumult of people who, in recent days, have been conglomerated with the predictions of the college Pedrín Zorrilla, in San Juan -hachiendo turn including from the night before-, many temen that repeat the same experience when reading the moment of apply the second dose.

Two weeks after the legacy of this evacuation to Puerto Rico, all lagoons have to be attended to in this process. The Department of Health ensures that its responsibility is defined in terms of solicitation, receipt and distribution of the product, and that any installation that the administration receives through its application.

During the first week, the second phase of the evacuation of professionals working in hospital institutions, women were evacuated to the San Juan Regional Center to correspondence in January.

“Every facility has its logistics”, underlined by the secretary of Salud, Iris Cardona.

The National Guard, in charge of the establishment and operation of the regional evacuation centers, has not been able to coordinate a system of citations for the administration of the evacuation, as it has promised to do in order to avoid the large files that are formed in the college Pedrín Zorrilla.

“Todavía, no (sera por cita previa)”, indico Luis Orengo, de la Oficina de Asuntos Públicos de la Guardia Nacional, quien assuro que un system de citas citias previa sert coordinat un el Colegio de Médicos Cirujanos.

Hoy, miercoles, open its doors the second regional guarding center of the National Guard, at the Center de Bellas Artes de Caguas, and attend the professionals of the salute of this region who are quoted all by order of law, as in the Pedrín Zorrilla, between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm

The National Guard’s meta opens 11 total evacuation centers for annual mediations. We will see Ponce, Arecibo, Mayagüez, Humacao, Fajardo, Aguadilla, Bayamón, Barranquitas and Guayama. According to the military corps, there are 4,400 health workers evacuated to the San Juan Regional Center.

Cardona commented that the health workers’ conglomerate had raised files on Pedrín Zorrilla in his absence due to the need to reduce the availability of the vacancy in more places. From this week, as part of this week’s Health Secretariat, vacancies are available for multiple health care facilities, such as hospitals, primary health care centers, diagnostic and treatment centers and primary care clinics.

“The most problematic access problem”, said Cardona, who also suffered as in the first days of the opening of the center in the Pedrín Zorrilla many solicitors will be evacuated, when not tocaba during this stage of the process. This phase is intended exclusively for health workers.

Cardona records, in addition, that initially the number of 100,000 vacancies will be raised, and 30,000 will be received.

Phase 1-A also includes residents and employees of long-term care providers and intellectual disability centers, who hope to be able to evacuate as soon as possible.

According to Cardona, more than 35,000 people have been evacuated from COVID-19 in the island. Hasta ayer, dijo, se habían reported 11 events, four of them requiring medical attention, none of them pregnant.

Dose “guaranteed”

Regarding the second dose, the functionary comment is that it is “guaranteed” for all that it receives the first. These people, dijo, deben acudir al mismo lugar donde fueron vacunados. The second dose of those receiving the Pfizer vaccine starts on January 5th, while the second of Modern is from the 19th of January.

Although it is difficult to calculate (the second dose) from 21 (Pfizer days) and 28 days (Modern), there is a grace period of one days before or after, even if the recommendation is that the person haga lo más pronto posible (a la fecha designated) ”, sostuvo.

The staff is reconciling the process to form a more organized order and quotes and previews, such as in hospitals.

“I believe we are committed to understanding the process. We do not think that wine will ever leave the world, ”he said.

Phase 1-A is expected to extend through four semesters and 1-B, for major adults in congregations and first-line workers, including 10 semesters.

“The logistics are not the best. Technology has to do with order form, which vayan (to vacunarse) with a number ya “, said the doctor Jorge Santana.

The infectologist, who is being cared for in a structured process for Centro Médico employees, complains that professionals in the health and work of this industry are tired of having to carry large files from Pedrín Zorrilla looking for vacancies.

Although it is hoped that with the opening of other evacuation centers the process will proceed with more agility, signal that many will be evacuated to cover the 70% death toll. Esto equals 1,890,000 personas, considering the holiday value for 16 persona or more.

The president of the Collegiate Medical College, Víctor Ramos, agreed with Cardona that the process should be corrected with more facilities and with more vacancies. El Colegio, dijo, vacunará hoy, miércoles, en el Coliseo Mario Quijote Morales, en Guaynabo, a médicos, enfermeros, pharmacatuticos, tecnólogos medicos, paramedicos y therapistasas respiratorios. También vacunará el sábado, in Cabo Rojo y Barceloneta, a profesionales de la salud y staff de oficinas, mientras el domingo lo hara a Aibonito y Patillas.

“Mientras hayan más vacunaciones, habrán menos ‘issues'”, concluded, commenting that work, with the Guardia Naciona, in a platform of citations to the regional evacuation centers.