(CNN Español) – The Minister of Health of Guatemala, Amelia Flores, said that the intensive care units of the Red Hospital in the country are not in a position to fight this third of the coronavirus pandemic.
Flowers inform of 17,000 contagios in the last 15 days and manifest their preoccupation with the increment of cases in young people, as well as their mortality index. The Minister stated that he had increased his response to the fact that he had not respected the means of social distance and other sanitary restrictions applied by the governor.
Flores also assured in a press conference that the contagios by covid-19 in Guatemala will increase in such a way that the country will once again face a sanitary crisis.
“Dosas hubieran victimicio alcanzado para to contain the contagios. Prohibition of sin, no se dio. Las fiestas se dieron y la propagation le vamos a ver en otros 15 días », dijo la functionia.
¿Are the people responsible?
President Alejandro Giammattei announced the four new restrictions ahead of the increase in cases by covid-19. Among them is the 25% reduction in sales in shops and restaurants. Also the limitation of demonstrations and massive celebrations.
The health authorities consider that the public ignored the message. The Minister Flores assured that the assistance to businesses is the last end of a massive week. “We will take responsibility for the two people or managers who do not respect the situation in the restaurants,” the official said.
Marta Méndez, dean of a restaurant, showed a contrarian opinion on the function. Since the principle of the pandemic has adapted to the new situation and implemented medias in its three restaurants. “We are many that, since a year ago, when the pandemic in Guatemala took place, we are very anxious and we have learned to suffer with it, we know what works. All of us hope this is the case and the Government does not implement the media during the last vacations, ”he said.
The previous message for the holidays
On March 26, just before the holidays that took place in Guatemala three years ago, President Giammattei invited the families to join him and visit the playgrounds. “Ojalá en lugar de ver playas lessenas bazura podamos verlas lulenas de gente, feliz, contenta y disfrutando de esta Semana Santa sin encierro”, había dicho dich primer mandatario.
The Secretariat of the Social Communication of the Presidency, Patricia Letona, told CNN that “in the previous weeks, a person was called to the person who, if he or she would carry out internal tourism, would always guard the media. It is clear to us that there is a lot of cooperation and discipline on the part of the population, which is translating into illness and death ”.
The situation in the hospitals of Guatemala
According to the data of the hospital hospital revealed by the Minister of Health, the San Juan de Dios Public Hospital, located in the capital, has overtaken the 225% occupancy of beds in the coronavirus critical attention units. The situation is also alarming at the Regional Hospital de Occidente, located in Quetzaltenango, with an occupancy rate of up to 160%, in agreement with the presentation of the staff.
A source that works in the most important hospitals that is located in the capital is CNN’s day that the situation is very critical and that many of these cases are as a result of the vacations of this era. “There are many 17 and 18 year olds in serious conditions. Here are some more, we have enough fans to attend to this case. It’s very frustrating, “said CNN.
In relation to the vacancy, the Minister made sure that the next week would bring to Guatemala a lot of vacancies from Sputnik V, although not specified in the term. According to the portal of this ministry, 157,800 people were evacuated in the country in accordance with phase 1. This includes health staff, social workers, workers and asylum seekers.