Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Public Health (MSP), Víctor Atallah, announced that the country currently lacks COVID-19 vaccines due to the perception that the disease had “disappeared.”
“COVID-19 seemed to have disappeared, and the influx to vaccination centers was almost zero. We vaccinated nearly 100% of the population, which was a record. A second outbreak was not anticipated,” said Minister Atallah during the presentation of the new edition of the National Epidemiological Bulletin.
Atallah argued that adult vaccines are expected to arrive next week and that data on the distribution centers will be provided. In addition, he showed that vaccines for children, waiting for vaccination, have arrived to save an increase in cases between this group.
There are no patients in extensive care or intubations
Minister Atallah under the pressure that lately there are no COVID-19 patients in extensive or fans. He pointed out that the number of instances had decreased, without the death reported. “Only three hundred new cases have been recorded, looking like a relief for last week,” he said.
He also argued that around 2,500 hospital beds had been made and that there was no overpopulation in fitness centers. He under pressure the importance of using a mask to save the spread of the virus and trusts that pharmacies are provided to avoid a drug shortage. “We continue to monitor to anticipate imaginable epidemics,” he concluded.
Launch of the modernized epidemiological bulletin
On Tuesday, the MSP released an fashion edition of its National Epidemiological Bulletin in virtual format. The updated functions bulletin settings in format, design and content, with a concentrate in an important topic in each publication.
The primary objective of the new bulletin is to “inform in an easy and accurate manner” about health events in the country, targeting both epidemiologists and the interested public.
During the launch event, Minister Atallah under the pressure that the new updates make the epidemiological document more accessible, with an index and navigable chapters through tabs. The bulletin uses synthetic intelligence (AI) in its policy and includes a QR code to access the reference point of the bulletin published in the past, which must be downloaded.
Weekly Updates and Central Topics
The new bulletin will be updated every Thursday at noon and will be available on the Epidemiology Directorate’s website, https://digepi.gob.do. Each edition will feature a central current topic, described and analyzed in detail within its local, regional, and global contexts, along with surveillance methods and prevention or control recommendations.
Minister Atallah explained that the format of the National Epidemiological Bulletin had not been updated for more than 15 years. The new edition aims to provide a more modern, legible and informative tool that facilitates faster access and understanding of the document.
The updated bulletin will present mandatory notification events by time, place, and person, along with a summary table of confirmed cases for the week and the most relevant events. It will also feature a relevant scientific article for the ongoing education of epidemiologists and other readers.
This statistical document covers reportable physical conditioning events, which appear the behavior of diseases such as dengue, malaria, leptospirosis, cholera, respiratory diseases and anger. It also includes the appearance of maternal and childish deaths, disaggregated through sex, age and indications.
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