[News] They demand prudence to avoid Covid infections on Christmas Eve

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Doris Pantaleon
Santo Domingo, RD

 

 

While the hospital centers affirm that they are prepared to attend to the medical eventualities that may arise, authorities, specialists and different sectors of the national life coincide in urging the po[CENSORED]tion to be prudent and not to neglect the prevention measures of the COVID virus during the festivities of Christmas Eve and Christmas.

 The guidelines include extreme care to prevent family encounters from becoming centers for the spread of the virus, as well as not neglecting the use of a mask, hygiene, physical distancing and avoiding meetings where many people participate.

 

Faced with the customary Christmas Eve and Christmas meetings that the Dominican po[CENSORED]tion celebrates, the exhortations for restraint and moderation and not to neglect the COVID prevention measures have been externalized by the Minister of Public Health, Plutarco Arias; the director of the National Health Service (SNS), Mario Lama, the director of PROMESE / CAL, Adolfo Pérez, medical leaders and the Dominican Society of Pediatrics, among others.

 

More support from the po[CENSORED]tion

The Health Minister insisted on the po[CENSORED]tion not to lower their guard during the Christmas festivities to avoid contagion of the virus and to assume the commitment to prevent contagion by COVID-19 during the holidays of Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year, collaborating with the agency Health and the other institutions that ensure that the health and safety of each citizen is guaranteed.

 

While Dr. Lama pointed out that the COVID-19 Action Plan continues to be active and that the Respiratory Triage areas and the transfer system have been strengthened and insisted that this year that “we are facing an invisible enemy”, it is needed more than ever the support of the entire po[CENSORED]tion.

 

Likewise, the Dominican Society of Pediatrics recommended to parents a list of actions to maintain the health and well-being of children, including keeping alert to protection measures against contagion by COVID-19 and the new strains that are being detected and using a mask in all interactions with other people, including those in the family nucleus when there are signs of exposure to people who have been in contact with the virus.

 

Also, maintain social distancing whenever possible; otherwise, use the mask and replace it when necessary, wash hands with soap and water frequently, avoid excessive intake of sweets by parents and children and prevent children from handling fireworks.

 

 Quarantine for new strain

In another order, the Minister of Public Health, Plutarco Arias, announced that they authorized three humanitarian flights from the United Kingdom for the arrival of Dominicans in the European country and that upon their arrival in the country they are being subjected to a 10-day quarantine, to the new strain of the virus detected in that nation.