"The situation is serious"
, warn the experts of the
technical commission that advises the lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu
in making decisions with which to combat the exponential increase in infections by Covic-19 in the Basque Country.
The Basque Government has decided to appeal once again to
"civic commitment"
and has drawn up a
decalogue of requirements
prior to the adoption of more restrictive measures and
possible home confinement
that even the Lehendakari Urkullu recognizes as a possibility.
The latest data on infections confirm that in the last 24 hours
there have been 1,151 new positives
after performing 12,061 tests.
Sanitary control measures have become especially evident throughout today in
Basque cemeteries
during the celebration of
All Saints' Day
.
The shadow of home confinement hangs over the Basque Country in the face of the
exponential increase in contagion
that has already
spread
to Basque hospitals.
According to medical sources,
the Donostia hospital has already occupied its 48 seats in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 32 patients infected with Covid-19
.
New patients who require these special hospitalization units must be transferred to other health centers in Álava and Bizkaia.
Experts fear that the increase in infections will be transferred to Basque hospitals in the coming days, multiplying revenues.
Faced with these terrible forecasts, the group of experts that make up the technical commission that advises the Lehendakari has drawn up a decalogue that warns of the
"high risk" of contagion
when people go to
bars to watch football matches
, in
meeting places in university centers
such as corridors and bars and in the
relaxation of the use of the mask when consuming drinks and food
in catering establishments.
Experts call for an
increase in the frequencies of public transport
to avoid the overcrowding that has already been confirmed as a contagion factor.
In addition, they insist on
"responsible self-limitation
" to cancel any
family or friends encounter
because in themselves they are "high risk" situations.
The self-isolation of those who have symptoms of having been infected is also demanded and it is requested that in these cases a
"self-tracking" of contacts be carried out
during the last days, drawing up a list of people with whom they have had a close relationship.
The request arises after verifying the difficulties of the trackers to look for the transmission routes in the face of the exponential increase in infections.
The
primary care
system
with the support of the trackers is also in an extreme situation
and the taking of samples for the PCR tests is being delayed due to the lack of health professionals.
In the decalogue, companies are urged to promote
teleworking and "sliding hours"
to avoid as much as possible contact between workers without paralyzing economic activity.
Finally, a specific appeal is made to
air basements or semi-basements
and warns of the risk in the
use of gym changing rooms and sports practice areas that can only be used by 6 users at a time.
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