Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The Government of Honduras, through the National Risk Management System, Sinager, has reported in recent hours on 669 new cases positives of covid-19 in the country. The trend of positivity is moving towards alarming figures and worries the Honduran population.
Health and emergency authorities in the face of the pandemic indicated that they were carried out 2,083 tests of diagnosis, and although it does not represent 50% of positivity, at least it is a significant increase in the daily positivity figure.
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In the latest Sinager reports regarding positive case figures and covid deaths, the increase is substantial compared to 2020. The deaths occur in all 18 country departments and the national health system is on the brink of collapse.
Courteous i Francisco Morazán they remain as the departments with the highest incidence; both account for nearly 60% of cases nationwide. Cities, especially in the Sula Valley, represent places of unbridled traffic on the streets without the adoption of biosecurity measures by citizens.
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In the interior departments, meanwhile, positivity is reduced due, among other reasons, to the fact that they have less population. None exceeds 6%, however, the increase worries authorities, population and guild of health professionals, because in these regions of the country, some very remote, there are no sorting centers or hospitals capable of responding to the incessant demand of patients for the disease.
In addition to biosecurity measures, promoted by country authorities, the media, municipal organizations and campaigns, such as the use of mouthguards, antibacterial gel and social distancing, the detection of symptoms individually, in order to protect people who have not been infected.
Honduras, have indicated since the Central Government, Awaits the arrival of the first batches of AstraZeneca vaccine in late February, through the initiative COVAX, Which seeks that the drug also reaches underdeveloped countries and economic crises.
To the onslaught of the pandemic on the national economy, was added the scourge left by tropical storms I e Iota. The destruction caused by these phenomena left thousands of Honduran families in ruins, businesses destroyed and foreign investors stranded, which has dramatically increased unemployment figures in the country.