Health ministers from across the country are meeting at the Casa Rosada to analyze the increase in virus cases

When the government seemed to have turned the page, Covid was once again on the agenda of the ruling party’s concerns. At the invitation of the Minister of Health, Carla VezzottiThe Ministers of Health and the Secretary of the 24 provinces analyzed, within the framework of the Federal Health Council (COFISA) and in the Casa Rosada, the increase in coronavirus cases in the country, which is still far from the alarms that They have already transformed In China and in various European cities.

“We are in very few cases, there is still no effect on hospitalizations, there are increases in consultations and there is a slight increase in positivity, which could speak of the beginning of an increase in cases. It’s not worrying. It’s worth it,” said the Buenos Aires Minister of Health. recommending booster vaccination, Nicholas Kreplakbefore entering the Indigenous Peoples’ Hall to participate in the meeting.

“As we always watch, if a more health impact than we have so far emerges, we will speak up. But let’s hope that vaccination has allowed us to turn the page on the epidemic,” said Kreplak, one of the promoters of restrictive measures during the peak of cases when he was deputy health minister.

according to Data from the ministry itself, 3,323 new cases were reported in the past week (a 50 percent increase from the previous week), with eight deaths. The bed occupancy rate remains very low, at just over 41%, with 241 beds admitted in public and private hospitals.

At the Covesa meeting, there is a notable absentee: the Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Fernan Kyrosdespite the participation of the second man in his replacement, Gabriel Battistella. Paradoxically, one of the issues to be discussed at Cofesa is that of the “National Residency System,” which coincides with the renewed demand of Buenos Aires residents for Buenos Aires City Hospitals.

During the meeting, which is expected to last all day, there will be a joint tribute to the former Minister of Health, Jenis Gonzalez Garcia. Unlike that work in Technopolis, three weeks ago, when the twenty-year anniversary of the Remediar Plan was celebrated without his presence, this time the ex-minister would be invited to the conclave.