Coronavirus: ¿quiénes son los más vulnerables y qué podemos hacer nosotros para evitar contagios?

There are situations that generally will allow us to ultimately do so. What you see here is that I know that the virus migrates that the virus reaches Colombia, which is like the issue that at this moment is the question, could it reach Colombia if you go and how did it reach the United States? Has it reached Canada? It is being reviewed in Brazil, it may arrive. What is happening is that measures are being taken and measures must continue to be taken so that it arrives either later or not at all. These are the figures: more than 80,000 infected people in the world and it amounts to almost three thousand the number of deaths the lethality is worrying of course it is a respiratory infection with a with a mortality where it is like 2.3 percent so normally a virus with flu-like symptoms which is how this situation manifests itself 2.3 percent so let's say I hope one is a infection that is transmitted and that manifests itself with a severe respiratory condition, so let's say yes it is important, it is very important and one has to have all the mechanisms to prevent it, but one could also see it from the other side according to this mortality percentage, instead there is a percentage Of the 97% of those infected who survive, yes, but in any case that is very high, it is too high.

If that occurs with the common flu, we would have millions of deaths every day in the world, so let's say influenza, which is like the respiratory illness because these They are respiratory symptoms, let's say they show us that obviously it obviously has that but it is very important that we understand that this is not the virus, it is not yet in the whole world, it is in 31 countries and when they talk about it can become a pandemic it is because it can happen to all the countries in the world when one talks about the 3,000 deaths and the infected which is the most vulnerable population what has been seen is that this disease 80 percent is a mild respiratory infection 14 percent 14.8 percent percent is a moderate respiratory infection and 5 percent 5.2 percent is a severe respiratory infection those over 80 years of age are those who get it most severely are 80 years of age of 80 years are those who were the most The most vulnerable are the most vulnerable, it is the population at this moment that we have a significant population, the most that the issue is of the country and it is and not only those of the 9 fish are the largest in the country and the other thing is that the virus is still It is not circulating in Colombia, the virus does not circulate in Colombia and that is important to take into account.

This was key when the H1N1 flu pandemic occurred. This was what the Ministry of Health in Colombia said at the time, but then look according to this article from the spectator said look this turned out to be a more expensive flu for the treasury, more than 34 billion pesos 20 billion were spent on the famous tamiflu to treat the virus disease and it turns out that many facts rotted in a warehouse how to compare what What happened at that time with what could happen today in the world at that time everyone was alert. The French bought a treatment for each of the families they had to buy and they also kept an amount of money, obviously one of them. the measures that at that time all the countries took to buy treatment for a significant number of their population, but the most important thing and the most important learning, as you noted, is to develop capacities and not generate unnecessary alarms and the development of capacities has to do with With several things, the country has to have the capacity to make the diagnosis.

Today, the country already has the capacity to diagnose the coronavirus. 2 Health institutions are training and every day they have to be developing training activities in preparation to respond to the action. and the intersectoral work with Colombian migration and with all those with all the entities the ministry of transportation so that immigration control activities are maintained and increased. On December 31, the world began to be scared with these first cases of coronavirus detected in China, what are they? The recommendations that you as an expert and others would give to protect yourself, let's say the country has some actions that it has to develop, as I was saying right now, it is all its actions at the level of the border and migratory activities and that is being done by the Ministry of Health or by leading with Colombian immigration and the Ministry of Transportation and there they have to continue working so that the virus does not enter.

There is a first step and that is that there is awareness, the virus begins to circulate in Colombia and today the virus is not circulating in Colombia when you when We see that the senate of the world is wearing these masks today for everything and we Colombians have to be clear that the virus is not circulating in Colombia. There is a possibility that it will reach Colombia. How do you work? Well, if you do a judicious job of epidemiological surveillance or to know that someone came from an area where northern Italy came from Korea came from China and is aware of how that person evolves when they arrive here one can arrive normal is how they arrive normal they value it and normal and they know and they know and we are in The country is clear that if that person and he knows that when he presents any respiratory symptoms, he immediately alerts, one is waiting to do the tests and one can contain the virus from circulating in the country, it makes sense then when the virus is not circulating with 1,019 in our country That there is this panic in the streets and everyone is going to drugstores to buy face masks or antibacterials.

It doesn't make sense to think about the coronavirus, but this is a respiratory infection, therefore, we must follow the measures for respiratory infection. taking and continuing was to continue doing and this allows us to act judiciously for the influence for the severe cornfields for what is circulating today the viruses that circulate in the country so I will give you an example deceased feel let's say that we do not have it is not circulating with the virus but at home in the company there is someone with a viral illness with a flu to prevent it from infecting others they have to do several things first they should not go around being like this not being like that and then five minutes later they should dance excitedly the hands and seeing the other's hand right there, one and the other comes and does this or eats something, because immediately one introduces the virus, the virus multiplies and one becomes infected and there are a thousand and it circulates and circulates and begins to circulate. virus is the mask should not be used by those who do not have the virus or those who do not have it or are sick, the mask should be used by everyone with respiratory symptoms.

Let's say if you are having respiratory arrest you should be wearing masks but but under normal conditions what are we? speaking here with masks simply because of the panic that a virus is circulating that has not reached Colombia, so it is very important that every person who has a respiratory condition that is not from the coronavirus but is from another type of virus and is using that but The second thing, which is the most important thing, is hand washing. If you ask me what is the treatment for this, for this, this, the respiratory symptoms, hand washing, hand washing, hand washing, what does that mean if you normally have a respiratory condition?

You must have a disposable tissue 12 another, that is, if one coughs like this or with the disposable tissue, immediately throw away the tissue and wash your hands and how often then throw it at least every time you are coming into contact with someone who is infected with a with the flu wells the side of hands and people also to be permanently doing a topic of the basics one side ms a child dies of pneumonia every 39 seconds but there are also other causes of death or mortality in the world heart problems heart attacks that are about Even above the respiratory symptoms and more about coronavirus, that would not show that we are also exaggerating a little on the subject, what happens is that one has to understand that when a virus is new, that is, this virus was not infecting humans, it was a virus. that was living in animals for some reason it was transmitted to human beings and the human being transmitted it to another human being, that is, it is a virus that is infected that we did not have before, therefore, and that is generating deaths, so it is alarmism. in the sense that if the virus is not circulating, what must be taken are measures to prevent and contain the virus from circulating, but it must have the ability to understand what a new germ is, a new germ, a new germ. and a new virus that is affecting human beings in front of us until now we have a question of concern from our viewers through social networks now the mask poster is beginning to become more expensive and take advantage of the issue of supply and demand marketing speculation well they were already saying what's happening 23 times the cost of some masks of some antibacterials, of course, they take advantage of the circumstances, the fear, the panic that exists.

I agree here that it is very important for Colombians to understand that we have to develop capacities and preventive actions, but the most important preventive action is not the masks. most important preventive action and speaking not only of the coronavirus but for the acute respiratory infection, which is what we experience every day, the flu, the influenza, the respiratory condition that affects children is the careful management of the person who has the condition, it is clearly viral. and it is washing your hands to use the mask with your hands because you are not, let's say, contaminating the if you are one you should be washing your hands at least every 20 minutes every hour you should be passing the minutes the antibacterials serve and continue the antibacterials but but if you have the possibility your hands and if they have contact and if you have a lot if you are if you go out to the public service as soon as you arrive from being at the origin of the bus and as soon as you arrive at your work wash your hands if you have left your home wash Hands are a topic like that, let's say, and the most important milestone that takes is understanding that when you have a viral illness, you are already transmitting the virus.

When you sneeze, millions of viruses come out and they come out in droplets of saliva in millions of virus and well it is important that people understand and I insist again I am not going to get tired of then it was like that as soon as we are in h1 we recommend not even greeting with a kiss and greeting and it is not even shaking hands that was let's greet the Ourense century like this Eastern today there is not so much that we have to reach that situation at the moment when we have a much more complex situation I think we should be before we have another trill from our viewers Claudia Quiñones says what the islands are the different types and stages of the coronavirus At what time or when faced with what symptoms should you go to the doctor when we are talking about coronavirus in the country, the one who has the one who has a respiratory condition has not seen how the virus does not circulate, I will be calm that if not this is in China If he is not there, I will not arrive and if I am not in contact with someone who was there, then he will not attend, he will not have the coronavirus, it is the first thing he has to integrate, but he does not have the flu, he has a condition or he has an acute respiratory infection, he has a respiratory picture that the prevention measures with which respiratory are the same now what the country should and is doing to prevent the virus from circulating 1 what I told you about ensuring that we have the capacity for diagnosis and the institute National health has the diagnosis and has the tests to make the diagnosis.

Second, they did intersectoral work to strengthen what has to do with migration. Initially, people stayed because they were not verifying that they were not there, and more and more is being done. And this immigration control has to be more rigorous, but if for some reason the picture is presented as the lady says, what happens next? The stage that follows is: There are cases that are suspicious and cases that are confirmed. In the suspicious cases, what is done? It is a commune to epidemiologically determine how you arrived with whom you were with, who were the contacts, and you begin to collect the population and try to follow up to see if they have respiratory symptoms.

If they have respiratory symptoms, the conditions of isolation and isolation are met. control to prevent it from going out and infecting others and that is how it is managed and the hospitals in Colombia also have a hospital, they have toprepare as you showed in the images where health workers have special protection and where they have special spaces there is a race against time also of the pharmaceutical companies trying to describe the school well it is a business that is also living there the pharmaceutical companies on the planet but they talk The vaccine could be treated in a year and a half, very intense work depends on how these types of studies evolve, but there are people who are saying that it is there for nine months in pharmaceutical companies that say that it was sooner, but that is not known other than José Fernando. cardona president of the new eps s thank you for being with us here this morning putting a pencil on the board thanks to the hand because it is in a pedagogical way but thank you very much for joining us uploaded here at this time of the morning in caracol news