San Luis Potosí resumes the mandatory use of face masks due to the increase in cases of Covid-19

The Government of San Luis Potosí announced that it will resume the mandatory use of face masks as of December 26 due to the increase in Covid-19 infections and other respiratory diseases registered in this December season.

The Secretary of Health of San Luis Potosí, Daniel Acosta Díaz de León, explained that this measure will be implemented in open and closed spaces.

Daniel Acosta Díaz de León said in a conference that the gauging y schedules of the businesses and other services will not have modifications to avoid affectations to the economic activities in San Luis PotosiHowever, he urged businesses to maintain sanitary measures such as hand washing, avoid crowds, and encourage healthy distancing.

The official commented this Monday that the entity has completed five days registering more than 100 new cases of Covid-19 daily and more than 20 people hospitalized because of this disease.

On December 13, the Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, admitted that Mexico entered the sixth wave of Covid-19 infections after registering six weeks with increases in cases nationwide, however, highlighted that mortality remained at low levels.

The increase in cases of Covid-19 observed in this winter season has been attributed mainly to the subvariants of Ómicron.

According to figures from the Ministry of Health, in mid-October the positivity rate in Covid-19 tests was 8.1%, while for the first week of December it reached 36.8%, a level four times higher.

“Mortality is frankly low, fortunately this is the result of the extensive vaccination that has been carried out throughout the territory,” said the specialist at the morning conference on Tuesday the 13th.

This new wave of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has coincided with the increase in infections of influenza, another respiratory virus that usually spreads during the winter season.

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