[News] Pilar Mazzetti warned that "difficult weeks" are coming in Peru due to COVID-19

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The head of the COVID-19 Operations Command, Pilar Mazzetti, warned that "difficult weeks" are coming in Peru because the cases of people who become ill as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are going to increase.

 

In dialogue with ATV +, Mazzetti assured that our country is on the plateau with respect to the number of infected by COVID-19, although he considered that this is fluctuating, as President Martín Vizcarra pointed out.

 

"Difficult moments are coming, difficult weeks, because people are going to get sick, that does not mean that we are not on this plateau, which -as you see- fluctuates a little, which is typical of pandemics. On the other hand, we must recognize that the epidemic in our country is heterogeneous, "said Mazzetti.

"What we are experiencing right now is (the case of) the people who are getting sick who 15 days ago were positive and are now getting sick," he said.

In addition, the former Minister of Health made a distinction between people who test positive for COVID-19 and those infected who require medical attention according to their state.

 

 

"We have to understand that what we have on the plateau are the cases that are becoming positive, that is, the contagion from person to person. We are entering a moment that this tends to stabilize, contagion, the number of positive people who are appearing day by day, "he said.

 

"This is not the same as the number of people who get sick, because in reality if you become infected at this time you begin to have a clinical picture about 15 days later, approximately, and after that you can reach a delicate situation 15 more days and stay delicate, even, two or three weeks, "added Mazzetti.

The specialist remarked that it has been seen that in the north of Lima and in San Juan de Lurigancho "a significant number of people are beginning to have demonstrations" of COVID-19.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Dr.Drako
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