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With 75 new cases of Covid-19 in Venezuela, the total number of infections rises to 824
Caracas, May 20, 2020 VTV
In the last 24 hours, 75 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Venezuela, to raise the total number of infections to 824, as reported by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicol?s Maduro, in Caracas, during a health day as part of the efforts to control and prevent this virus that plagues humanity.
He specified that a total of 3 cases were due to community contagion, which is equivalent to an average of 2.5 incidence. "It is a fairly low level to think about the Plan for De-escalation and Flexibility of quarantine in a safe and organized, conscious and voluntary way."
He assured that this Plan is working with all the Governors and Governors, Protectors and Protectors, Mayors and Mayors of the country, the People's Power and with the National Scientific Council, to analyze its application.
Referring to the hospitalization numbers of patients with Covid-19, he specified that 96 percent of them are or were admitted to the Public Health System and only 4% in private clinics, “all patients are fully treated. All those who test positive go to hospitalization, even if they are asymptomatic, ”he said.
It also disclosed that 5 cases were registered by contact with travelers, of which 4 of them are part of the medical staff. In this sense, he asked to reinforce the health protocols in the health personnel.
Regarding foreign cases, the National President revealed that 67 cases of contagion were detected on the border with Colombia and Brazil. "So yesterday I decreed the creation of sanitary cords and curfews in three border municipalities," he said.
The 67 foreign cases, equivalent to 89% of the total cases registered in the last 24 hours, are under epidemiological and medical control and must remain for 14 days in the Comprehensive Social Care Posts (PASI).
Regarding the origin of the imported cases, he added that 66 come from Colombia, of which 35 entered through Apure, 31 through T?chira; while only one case was registered that entered from Brazil.
The Head of State revealed that Venezuelans who have tested positive for Covid-19 from Colombia, presume that they were infected on the buses that the authorities of the coffee country strangely arranged for the transfer of compatriots to the borders. "They assure that they only had contact with their families, that they came out healthy and they presume that they contaminated them on the buses," he denounced before an eventual strategy by the Colombian Government to try to make the cases of the new coronavirus multiply exponentially.
They will multiply beds in field hospitals at border points
The President of the Republic, ordered to multiply to 3,000 the number of beds in campaign hospitals established at border points for the care of compatriots who enter fleeing xenophobia, exclusion, ill-treatment and lack of care in the face of new coronaviruses from countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
He also called to consolidate a powerful Integrated Public Health System. "Yes we can Venezuela, yes we are doing it since our Commander Hugo Ch?vez founded Barrio Adentro," he acknowledged.
Two years of popular victory that will guarantee compliance with the Plan of the Fatherland
The National President recalled that this Wednesday marks two years since the popular vote in accordance with the Bolivarian Constitution, re-elected him as President of the Republic for the period 2019-2025, in a free and democratic manner. "I appreciate all the blessings that have come to me," he added.
"We will always assert the popular will, freedom," ratified the Head of State, while recalling the guarantee of achieving the objectives of the Plan of the Fatherland 2025.
The Head of State was accompanied by the Minister of the Popular Power for Health, Carlos Alvarado, the sector vice president, Arist?bulo Ist?riz, the Minister for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jim?nez, members of the Cuban Medical Mission and health personnel.
Description of cases detected in the last 24 hours:
1. 20-year-old female, originally from the Urdaneta municipality of the Lara state, contact with a positive patient from Yaracuy, a worker at a food company related to the Los Roques outbreak. She is asymptomatic, she is admitted to a CDI receiving free treatment.
2. Female, 37 years old, resident of the Girardot municipality of Aragua state. He has no travel history but works in an institution where cases are captured. She is asymptomatic, she is admitted to a CDI receiving free treatment.
3. Female, 83 years old, resident of the Baruta municipality of Miranda state. Tien
With 75 new cases of Covid-19 in Venezuela, the total number of infections rises to 824
Caracas, May 20, 2020 VTV
In the last 24 hours, 75 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Venezuela, to raise the total number of infections to 824, as reported by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicol?s Maduro, in Caracas, during a health day as part of the efforts to control and prevent this virus that plagues humanity.
He specified that a total of 3 cases were due to community contagion, which is equivalent to an average of 2.5 incidence. "It is a fairly low level to think about the Plan for De-escalation and Flexibility of quarantine in a safe and organized, conscious and voluntary way."
He assured that this Plan is working with all the Governors and Governors, Protectors and Protectors, Mayors and Mayors of the country, the People's Power and with the National Scientific Council, to analyze its application.
Referring to the hospitalization numbers of patients with Covid-19, he specified that 96 percent of them are or were admitted to the Public Health System and only 4% in private clinics, “all patients are fully treated. All those who test positive go to hospitalization, even if they are asymptomatic, ”he said.
It also disclosed that 5 cases were registered by contact with travelers, of which 4 of them are part of the medical staff. In this sense, he asked to reinforce the health protocols in the health personnel.
Regarding foreign cases, the National President revealed that 67 cases of contagion were detected on the border with Colombia and Brazil. "So yesterday I decreed the creation of sanitary cords and curfews in three border municipalities," he said.
The 67 foreign cases, equivalent to 89% of the total cases registered in the last 24 hours, are under epidemiological and medical control and must remain for 14 days in the Comprehensive Social Care Posts (PASI).
Regarding the origin of the imported cases, he added that 66 come from Colombia, of which 35 entered through Apure, 31 through T?chira; while only one case was registered that entered from Brazil.
The Head of State revealed that Venezuelans who have tested positive for Covid-19 from Colombia, presume that they were infected on the buses that the authorities of the coffee country strangely arranged for the transfer of compatriots to the borders. "They assure that they only had contact with their families, that they came out healthy and they presume that they contaminated them on the buses," he denounced before an eventual strategy by the Colombian Government to try to make the cases of the new coronavirus multiply exponentially.
They will multiply beds in field hospitals at border points
The President of the Republic, ordered to multiply to 3,000 the number of beds in campaign hospitals established at border points for the care of compatriots who enter fleeing xenophobia, exclusion, ill-treatment and lack of care in the face of new coronaviruses from countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
He also called to consolidate a powerful Integrated Public Health System. "Yes we can Venezuela, yes we are doing it since our Commander Hugo Ch?vez founded Barrio Adentro," he acknowledged.
Two years of popular victory that will guarantee compliance with the Plan of the Fatherland
The National President recalled that this Wednesday marks two years since the popular vote in accordance with the Bolivarian Constitution, re-elected him as President of the Republic for the period 2019-2025, in a free and democratic manner. "I appreciate all the blessings that have come to me," he added.
"We will always assert the popular will, freedom," ratified the Head of State, while recalling the guarantee of achieving the objectives of the Plan of the Fatherland 2025.
The Head of State was accompanied by the Minister of the Popular Power for Health, Carlos Alvarado, the sector vice president, Arist?bulo Ist?riz, the Minister for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jim?nez, members of the Cuban Medical Mission and health personnel.
Description of cases detected in the last 24 hours:
1. 20-year-old female, originally from the Urdaneta municipality of the Lara state, contact with a positive patient from Yaracuy, a worker at a food company related to the Los Roques outbreak. She is asymptomatic, she is admitted to a CDI receiving free treatment.
2. Female, 37 years old, resident of the Girardot municipality of Aragua state. He has no travel history but works in an institution where cases are captured. She is asymptomatic, she is admitted to a CDI receiving free treatment.
3. Female, 83 years old, resident of the Baruta municipality of Miranda state. Tien
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