The Government of the Mexico City reported that the city will end this year in the green color of the epidemiological traffic light, thereby guaranteeing the operation of the different economic activities.
“We received the notification, yesterday (Wednesday), that the following two weeks we will continue in green traffic light (…) This notification runs for two weeks, we will end this year within this color, with this we would already have more than 10 continuous weeks in this color ”, reported in a press conference, the director of the digital government of the Digital Agency for Public Innovation (adip) Eduardo Clark.
The director asked the population to maintain sanitary measures for these December celebrations and thus avoid further infections.
Among the health measures, it stands out to go for the booster vaccine if you are already eligible, also, if you are going to interact with people with whom you do not live, you must privilege open-air or well-ventilated spaces.
Also try to live with people who have chosen to be vaccinated, continue to use the mask in closed and public spaces.
At the slightest symptom of Covid-19 or having been with a positive, take a test and do not go to parties or meetings.
Rule out problems
About what the new variant of Covid-19 may represent a greater danger for the capital, Eduardo Clark assured that preliminary data from various sources at the international level show a low probability that people infected by Omicron require hospitalization.
At the same time, he deepened that there is much international evidence that people vaccinated with a complete schedule and with booster doses are those who present much milder symptoms to a contagion.
“New York, United States, has had the consequence of an increase in hospitalizations in recent weeks because it only has 69% of the population vaccinated with the complete scheme; while the city of London, England, has also had an increase in the number of hospitalizations, which is lower compared to its highest peaks, “he said.
He reported that in the Kiosks, Health Centers and shopping centers where rapid tests of Covid-19 there are very low records compared to what was recorded in the second and third waves.
In the last wave, an average of 3,000 positive cases were identified per day, against the less than 150 on average that were counted this week.
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