State Minister of Health, Olga Banis expected Catalonia reaches peak flu infections in three weeks“It coincides with Christmas,” he explained Wednesday in an interview with Catalunya Radio. He said this is a fact “fears” Because it coincides with the time that “There is greater interaction, and therefore greater ease of transmission.”
Panet explained that the current situation has already begun to cause the system to “break down” a lot. This has been detailed The infection rate currently stands at 164 cases per 100,000 peopleWhich means the moderate threshold has been crossed, and it is expected that by Christmas the high threshold of 218 cases per 100,000 people will be reached.
Vaccination campaign
From this perspective, he pointed out that vaccination against influenza was not limited only to groups at risk (children and the elderly), and defended this in Catalonia has enough vaccines for the entire population So that it doesn’t collapse.
The Chancellor expressed his satisfaction with the current vaccination campaign, which has reached another 170,000 people, as he pointed out, and insisted on this. Recommendation to get vaccinatedespecially in the most vulnerable groups.
Mandatory mask
On the other hand, it has been shown Supporter of making masks compulsory “Starting from the high threshold” in certain environments. He explained that the ministry will take this proposal to the meeting between the Ministry of Health and Communities to be held on Wednesday.
Regarding the meeting held on Friday between the Ministry and the CCAA in the extraordinary plenary session of the Interregional Council of the National Health System (CISNS), it was stated thatThe Government supports the existence of the “same” protocol between all CCAA bodies Against influenza, because not contracting it, in her opinion, confuses citizens.