The Peruvian Society for Intensive Medicine believes that the country is already in the fifth wave of the pandemic. | Font: PTR
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Eduardo Ortega GuillenDirector General of the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Diseases of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), ruled out that the country is entering a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Peruvian Medical Society has warned.
At a press conference, the official considered that the increase in the incidence in eight regions of the country corresponds to an outbreak of a disease that has already decreased; for what he called “an exaggeration” to talk about fifth wave of the pandemic.
“We see that the peak of the incidence occurred at the 42nd week; that is, three weeks ago, and since then cases have not increased, but decreased,” he said.
“Thanks to the issuance of the Regional Epidemiological Alert and the fast, effective and coordinated action of the Loreto Regional Office and the Ministry of Health, the number of cases has decreased and the outbreak is under control. So to speak in these conditions about the fifth wave, to put it mildly, is an exaggeration, ”he added.
Reason for the rise in incidence
Eduardo Ortega Guillen explained that the increase in infections occurs mainly among “susceptible people” to COVID-19, including those who received the last dose of the anti-covid vaccine more than seven months ago.
Another reason for this renewal is the emergence of new bloodlines. virus. “The omicron variant has a special property: it has a greater ability to re-infect,” the official said.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representative Minsa He did not rule out that a fifth wave scenario could be presented in the coming months if preventive measures are not taken.
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