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Quite a nonsense. Health acknowledges this in writing, in the latest update of the guide to action against the coronavirus: contrary to what Fernando Simón stated in one of the last appearances before the media, diagnostic tests are not being carried out on all health professionals. Specifically, what this official document indicates is that those who have not undergone the test and have symptoms should rejoin their work after seven days, as long as they do not have a fever and the last three days have not needed antipyretics.

And to crown this recommendation, the guide clarifies that these personnel should use "surgical mask until completing 14 days from the onset of symptoms, avoiding during this time contact with immunosuppressed patients." That is, they are admitting their ability to infect it .

However, the document does not ensure the safety of the toilets in these cases because "since they have not been tested, they could be negative and with surgical masks, they protect patients but not themselves. For this, the FF P2 should be indicated , "argues Ángela Hernández Puente, deputy secretary general of the Association of Doctors and Graduates of Madrid (Amyts). All this "makes clear the lack of coordination with which this crisis is being managed, at least in Madrid."

While this assumption should not exist, it is "inconceivable" that "we have to return seven days after the onset of symptoms, " stresses this expert. "We are being treated differently than the rest of the population." According to the action guide, those with mild symptoms and without the diagnostic test, discharge is not indicated until 14 days have elapsed, provided that the condition has been resolved.

"This already seemed a bit risky to us considering that according to the World Health Organization (WHO), it would be necessary to count the 14 days from the end of the symptoms, not from the beginning," says Hernández Puente. " Now they cut that time in half . We don't understand the difference in management when the virus and the pathology are the same."

Professionals are aware of the need for healthcare personnel and the current saturation in hospitals for Covid-19, "but if we are needed, we should be protected, " claims the deputy secretary for Amyts. This guide "puts us at risk."

It is about acting with common sense and this happens by carrying out the diagnostic tests on all health professionals.

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