Nicaragua: Covid-19 - 3773 cases and 141 deaths.

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Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/confirman-tercer-fallecido-por-covid-19-en-nicaragua-y-anuncian-caso-11/

Confirmed third deceased by covid-19 in Nicaragua and announced case 11
Ivette Mungu?a
April 23, 2020

A 58-year-old man, confirmed by the Government as the tenth case of covid-19 in Nicaragua, just three days ago, died this Thursday morning of the pandemic, being the third person killed by covid-19 in Nicaragua.

The secretary of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), Carlos S?enz, said in an exclusive press conference for official media, that the Nicaraguan was a diabetic and hypertensive patient, who "presented this morning with an acute and unexpected complication, which, unfortunately, led to his death".

Although some national media have said that this tenth case was a doctor from the Bertha Calder?n Hospital, in Managua, unofficial sources assured CONFIDENCIAL that it is actually a worker from the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, who was transferred to the Japan Hospital -Nicaragua, from Granada, on Sunday, April 19, although the Minsa confirmed the case until the following day.

"We have been since March 11, then, three brothers died from previous health complications, added to the covid-19," said the official, in keeping with the official attempt to try to minimize the pandemic. In addition, it is striking that he said March 11, despite the fact that the first contagion was confirmed on the 18th of that month and the first death on the 26th. This, however, is not the first time that Minsa has erred in the data, They are also widely questioned for their hermetic handling and lack of transparency.

They announce ninth case and maintain a whimsical count

The authorities of the Ministry of Health also confirmed on the morning of this Thursday, April 23, the eleventh case: a 68-year-old man, "contact with an imported case", which they affirm "is delicate and stable."

The Minsa continued its “fancy” count, also criticized by health experts and members of civil society, since the Government subtracts positive cases daily without providing explanations about the handling of the figures. The contradiction has even occurred with the second death confirmed by the Government, which corresponded to a 64-year-old man who had already been removed from the list of active cases.

Similar occurs with the "suspicious cases", of which the Government hardly of a number that adds and subtracts without specifying its "method".

“Yesterday, we had 12 people in responsible and careful monitoring. Of these, 3 people have complied with the regulatory period, who are now under house protection. There are, therefore, 9 people left, to which 6 more are added today, for a total, this morning, of 15 people in care and responsible and permanent monitoring, "said S?enz.

The Government has also not explained what the terms "responsible and careful follow-up" mean, although it follows that they are cases hospitalized in different centers, since the other term of "going to housekeeping" would indicate that they are discharged persons.

 

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Source: https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/Nicaragua-reporta-nuevo-confirmado-COVID-19_0_1020498455.html

Nicaragua reports a new confirmed case of COVID-19 and reaches twelve
EFE - Managua
04/25/2020 - 21: 08h

The Government of Nicaragua reported on Saturday a new confirmed case of COVID-19, to total 12 since it reported the entry of the pandemic into the country, in mid-March, with the death toll of three.

The new confirmed case is "a 64-year-old person," the Ministry of Health (Minsa) said in a statement, in which it did not provide further information about the patient.

Nicaraguan authorities did mention that the person with COVID-19 is in a "delicate but stable state", without providing further specifications.

According to official information, in Nicaragua there are currently two people with COVID-19, including a 68-year-old man, "who is stable and being treated."

Likewise, the Ministry of Health reported that a total of 15 people are under "permanent and responsible care and monitoring", without specifying whether they are suspected cases of COVID-19.

The Minsa, which did not refer to the way in which patient number 12 was infected with COVID-19, stressed that in Nicaragua "we do not have local community transmission."

The Nicaraguan Government has a policy without restrictions against the pandemic, nor does it establish social prevention measures, despite contradicting the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), although it does affirm to follow up and monitor its spread .

Additionally, the Nicaraguan authorities promote massive activities, which are attended by Sandinista militants, who are subsequently sent to make house-to-house visits.

The actions, which President Daniel Ortega has claimed, have been a cause of concern for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (IACHR).

Ortega explained that the priority is to keep the country's economy active, that this 2020 celebrates three years in recession, after the 2018 anti-government outbreak, in which hundreds of protesters died, disappeared or were arrested, and more than 100,000 had to flee the exile.

 

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As of today we have 3 people with COVID-19:
2 delicate, but stable,
1 stable, cared for, and God through recovery
We detail:
A person, male, 64 years of age, contact with other nationalities, who is delicate, but stable.
A 57-year-old man, in contact with other Nationalities, who is delicate, but stable.
A 68-year-old man, in contact with an imported case, who is stable, cared for, and on the way to recovery.
Yesterday, we had 15 people in responsible and careful monitoring. Of these, 4 people have completed the statutory period, who are now under house protection. There are therefore 11 people left, to which 4 more are added today, for a total, this morning, of 15 people in care and responsible and permanent monitoring.

 

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Source: https://100noticias.com.ni/nacionales/100530-embarazada-coronavirus-hospital-aleman-nicaragua/

33 years pregnant, among 17 hospitalized for covid-19 in German hospital, there are 5 intubated
The Sandinista MINSA in Nicaragua reported up to Sunday 13 cases of the covid-19, despite the underreporting of cases that denounce independent doctors.
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A 33-year-old pregnant woman is one of 17 patients hospitalized in Nicaraguan German for covid-19, an unofficial source confirmed to 100% Noticias.


The pregnant woman is 25 weeks pregnant, is classified among the "stable and cared for" and is not intubated.

At the Alem?n hospital, there are 5 intubated patients and not all are reported by MINSA in their reports presented daily by Dr. Carlos S?enz and the sanctioned vice president Rosario Murillo.

CASE IN HOSPITAL MANOLO MORALES:

Unofficially, they also inform us that there is a 64-year-old patient at the Manolo Morales hospital, who is not in the MINSA reports, was not reported yesterday, and according to sources, is positive for covid-19.

About two working patients, one from ENACAL and the other from Managua International Airport, the source informed us that they are in ICU in a private hospital in Managua. The most serious is the airport worker.

There are two other female patients in another private hospital in Managua, 64 and 77 years old, who have not been reported by MINSA over the weekend. They both have coronaviruses.

The Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, until Monday at 9:30 am, counted 207,518 deaths worldwide from the coronavirus and 2,992,970 cases of confirmed cases since the pandemic began.

 

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Source: https://100noticias.com.ni/nacionales/100569-coronavirus-nicaragua-medico-manolo-morales/

Doctor of the Manolo Morales suspect Covid-19 in private hospital
100% News
Managua, Nicaragua April 28, 2020 11:50 a.m.
Medical sources unofficially informed 100% Noticias that a Manolo Morales doctor entered a private hospital in Managua as a suspected case of coronavirus.

The doctor underwent the covid-19 test, awaiting the results that the Sandinista Health Ministry will provide.

The doctor is a specialist in neurology at Manolo Morales, but also attends a private hospital, where he is hospitalized awaiting the results, medical sources reported. The police presence at the entrance to the Manolo Morales hospital was notorious on Tuesday, which is unusual.

Last Sunday, April 26, an adult patient older than 77 years of age, who tested positive for coronavirus, entered another private hospital; however hours later, the Sandinista minsa changed the diagnosis to "indeterminate," a medical source told 100% Noticias.

Private hospitals asked the MINSA for authorization to perform coronavirus tests, however the health authorities never authorized it, therefore they are the only ones that can carry out such tests, which opens up the possibility of underreporting cases due to the few tests that are performed and by the management that is given in the results. The Minsa never delivers the test results to private hospitals where there are covid-19 patients.

 

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Source: https://www.vostv.com.ni/nacionales/13426-minsa-reporta-cuarta-muerte-por-coronavirus/
Minsa reports fourth death from coronavirus
The Minsa did not comment on the allegations of alleged cases of coronavirus in private hospitals
VOS TV
Managua, Nicaragua April 29, 2020 12:17 p.m.

The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health (Minsa) confirmed on Wednesday the fourth death from coronavirus in the country.

According to the Minsa report, the victim was a 66-year-old man, who suffered from chronic diseases and was in a delicate state of health and was transferred to a hospital from a private center for the elderly (asylum).

"On the other hand, a 66-year-old male person, who was taken by his relatives in a delicate state, from a private center for the elderly to a hospital unit. He arrived with a history of multiple chronic diseases, including Alzheimer's , diabetes, hypertension, and unfortunately passed away yesterday afternoon, "said the general secretary of the Minsa, Carlos S?enz.

The Minsa also assured that the country continues with only three positive cases of Covid-19, despite the complaints that doctors and relatives of patients have made about an increase in cases of this disease.

After two days of not presenting the number of suspicious cases, the Minsa assured that 16 people remain in "responsible monitoring."

The Nicaraguan authorities have yet to present a plan to combat the coronavirus and until almost a month and a half after the first case arose, the Government recommended that the population wear face masks and keep their distance.

Yesterday the Mayor's Office of Managua started cleaning and disinfecting the country's markets, while the collective urban transport cooperatives also cleaned the units.

In social networks, the Nicaraguan population has started a campaign for the Minsa to provide "real" information on the impact of the disease in the country, since positive cases and deaths have been reported, allegedly by Covid-19, which are not registered by the Minsa.

The Minsa continues to insist that the country does not register local community transmission, however it has not reported how the last people who have tested positive for the coronavirus were infected.

 

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Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/neumonia-atipica-medicos-alertan-subregistro-de-covid-19-en-nicaragua/

"Atypical pneumonia": Doctors warn underreporting of covid-19 in hospitals
One of the entrances to the Manolo Morales hospital in Managua. // Photo: File | Carlos Herrera

Cases of "atypical pneumonia" and "indeterminate" laboratory tests set off alarms; Minsa continues to hide two confirmed cases already deceased
Ivette Mungu?a
April 30, 2020

Nicaragua records, in recent days, an increase in suspected cases of covid-19, the results of which are classified as "undetermined" by the Ministry of Health (Minsa). Dozens of patients have all the symptoms of the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and some have even had contact with positive cases. However, treating physicians are required to diagnose them as “atypical pneumonia,” since they do not have laboratory tests to corroborate the diagnosis, because the regimen maintains the centralization of the tests, despite the advance of the pandemic.

Almost a month and a half after the confirmation of the first positive case of covid-19 in Nicaragua, the Ministry of Health maintains a cumulative record of 14 positive cases, only with the record of three active cases "delicate, but stable", and four deaths. However, the verified information is that there are at least 15 positive cases, with six of them deceased, of which the Government hides two: the flight dispatcher, reported in the Monte Espa?a Hospital, and a 70-year-old man, who died in his home in Estel?, after being discharged, both cases occurred this Wednesday, April 29.

The Minsa also maintains 16 suspected cases in "responsible and careful monitoring", but according to the accumulated official data, it would be at least 70 people who have been hospitalized as suspects of covid-19, while the Citizen Observatory of covid-19 brings the same number to more than 342 cases.

Government additions and subtractions on covid-19 hide real impact of pandemic

"Atypical pneumonia": at least five reported cases

The cause of death of the Airport flight dispatcher, who had all the symptoms of the disease and had contact with the third covid-19 death reported by the Minsa, was classified as "atypical pneumonia": another airport worker, who was dying at the Japan-Nicaragua Friendship Hospital in Granada. In that same healthcare center, a worker from the National Aqueduct and Sewer Company (ENACAL), who is originally from Tipitapa, remained hospitalized and with the same diagnosis. After showing signs of improvement, he was discharged this Wednesday, according to medical sources.

Another case of atypical pneumonia is that of a free zone worker, who is insured at the Hospital Monte Espa?a. She also underwent the covid-19 test, but the Minsa said the result was "indeterminate." However, in this healthcare center, suspected cases "we handle as positive cases due to clinical and radiological manifestations," said a hospital source.

At the Vivian Pellas Hospital, also in Managua, a doctor who works at the Manolo Morales Hospital is hospitalized, who would have caught the virus; however, this "has evolved well" so his colleagues rule out that the Minsa recognizes the case.

In addition, the case of a pregnant woman who was admitted on April 24 to the German Nicaraguan Hospital with symptoms of covid-19 is reported. In that health center, the medical personnel describe a rather bleak picture, since they only have five mechanical fans and "they are all busy," said a source.

Another case of atypical pneumonia is that of another doctor who has been hospitalized in the Alfonso Moncada hospital, in the city of Ocotal, since last April 28. The doctor was transferred from the Hospital Pastor Jim?nez in the city of Jalapa in an emergency, with a diagnosis of atypical pneumonia, and the Minsa authorities have refused to perform the covid-19 test.

Government centralizes and remains silent about coronavirus tests

Citizen Observatory: 342 unreported suspected cases

The latest report from the Citizen Observatory, which independently monitors the behavior of the coronavirus in Nicaragua, records until April 27 a total of 342 suspected cases of covid-19 not reported by the Minsa; While the official statistics are of just 14 confirmed cases, four of them died, seven recovered and three remain hospitalized in a "delicate, but stable" state.

Epidemiologist Leonel Arg?ello, who is part of the Nicaraguan Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee, assures that complaints from the population and efforts such as the Citizen Observatory have "epidemiological value", because this provides the Ministry with a starting point to investigate possible outbreaks of the epidemic in the country.

"If there is a civil society group that is collecting i

 

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/america/ame...30-veces-mayor-a-la-reportada-por-el-regimen/


Controversy over the numbers of the coronavirus in Nicaragua: an NGO assured that the number of cases is 30 times greater than that reported by the regime. A similar proportion was registered in regards to deaths. The COVID-19 Citizen Observatory reported at least 86 deaths, Daniel Ortega recognizes only 4
May 2, 2020

The Citizen Observatory COVID-19 raised this Friday to 431 suspected cases of this disease in Nicaragua, when the Daniel Ortega regime only recognized 14 since the pandemic officially entered the country, in mid-March.

According to the Citizen Observatory, which independently locates cases of COVID-19 not recognized by the authorities, the number of people infected with the SARS-coV-2 coronavirus increased by 38% since last Saturday, compared to seven days previous, consequence of a report of 118 new cases.

The total of COVID-19 cases reported by the observatory includes 401 located by its own sources, 16 suspects recognized by the Ministry of Health (Minsa), and 14 confirmed.

The report includes about 30 members of the health staff in Nicaragua, including doctors and other workers, who have also been hit by symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to the Observatory.

The Citizen Observatory, which does not report confirmed cases because only the regime has access to the COVID-19 tests, highlighted that official data indicates that the pandemic has a rate of 29% in Nicaragua, which would rank it as the highest from America.

The Observatory also reported a total of 86 deaths of people who presented symptoms of COVID-19, an amount far from the four recognized by the Government of President Daniel Ortega.

Of the 86 deaths, the regime recognizes four as victims of the pandemic, 53 died from pneumonia or other COVID-19-related diseases, and another 29 from heart attacks or unknown causes, which the Observatory related to the new coronavirus.

In addition, the Observatory reported a total of 147 irregularities by the authorities and official groups related to the pandemic, such as exposure of people in crowding activities, threats, coercion, harassment, retaliation and inadequate responses from the Ministry of Health.

The Daniel Ortega regime, which has not established restrictions or social prevention measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, accepted the use of masks and social distancing in Nicaragua for the first time last Tuesday.

Ortega, whose regime promotes agglomeration activities - in fact, has organized boxing matches - has insisted that the priority is the economy, on the subject of public health, based on the fact that the country cannot stop.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have expressed their concern about the way in which the Nicaraguan authorities handle the pandemic.

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) have classified the issue as a violation of the right to health.

With information from EFE

 

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Source: https://www.diariolibre.com/actuali...-covid-19-en-condiciones-delicados-FO18613521

Nicaragua reports three cases with COVID-19 in 'delicate' conditions
EFE - 05/02/2020, 07:36 PM

Managua, May 2 (EFE) .- The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health reported this Saturday that they maintain three active cases with COVID-19 and all in 'delicate' condition, and that they have not reported, until now, local community transmission.

'Today we have three people with COVID-19: one delicate and attended to; and two delicate, but stable, 'said the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Carlos S?enz, when reading the report on the situation of the SARS-coV-2 coronavirus before official media.

Nicaragua accumulates 14 confirmed cases, with 4 deaths, for a case fatality rate of 28.5%, the highest in America, according to official figures.

On the other hand, the official indicated that 3 of the 15 people who were given "responsible and careful follow-up" went into home security after having "completed the regulatory period."

"Therefore, there are 12 people left, to which 3 more are added today, for a total of 15 people in care and responsible and permanent monitoring," he said.

GOVERNMENT GIVES ECONOMY PRIORITY

The government chaired by the Sandinista Daniel Ortega has not specified the number of tests it has carried out and has limited itself to reporting on the number of confirmed cases, deaths and that in all cases they have been imported, that is, no cases have been recorded community local transmission.

The Executive has been criticized by various sectors for promoting massive events and crowds against the current recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Last Thursday, Ortega declared himself against the 'Stay at home' campaign because, in his opinion, it would destroy the Nicaraguan economy that has contracted in the last two years and that is largely informal.

The Sandinista leader also described the confinement and suspension of international flights as "extreme measures" and "radical".

Ortega said that his Government will maintain "normal activities", while keeping the recommendations of the Health authorities, such as social distancing and handwashing, "without falling into extreme, radical measures that would kill the country."

DISINFECTION DAY

The authorities began a week this week to disinfect popular markets, parks, bus terminals, public urban transport and taxis, among others.

The Government decided to take preventive measures after 41 days after the first coronavirus case was confirmed and after unofficial reports of people suffering or dying from the disease increased.

Ortega's decision came after insistent calls from the Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee and the Nicaraguan Medical Association, which bring together the most prestigious doctors in the country.

Ortega's handling of the pandemic has caused concern in entities such as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Acnudh) sees it as human rights violations.EFE

 

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Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/observatorio-eleva-a-431-los-casos-sospechosos-de-covid-19-en-nicaragua/

Observatory brings to 431 suspected cases of COVID-19 in Nicaragua
Report of contagions increased by 38% since last Saturday; Some 30 Nicaraguan doctors would be affected by the pandemic, they say
EFE
May 2, 2020

The COVID-19 Citizen Observatory this Friday raised to 431 suspected cases of COVID-19 in Nicaragua, whose Government only recognizes 14, since the pandemic officially entered the country in mid-March.

According to the Citizen Observatory, which independently locates cases of COVID-19 not recognized by the authorities, the number of people infected with the SARS-coV-2 coronavirus increased by 38% since last Saturday, compared to the seven days previous, with the report of 118 new cases.

The total number of Coronavirus cases reported by the observatory includes 401 located by its own sources, 16 COVID-19 suspects recognized by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health (Minsa), and 14 confirmed, including the four fatalities.

The report includes about 30 members of the health staff in Nicaragua, including doctors and other workers, who have also been hit by symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to the Observatory.

The Citizen Observatory, which does not report confirmed cases because only the Government has access to the COVID-19 tests, highlighted that official data indicates that the pandemic has a rate of 29% in Nicaragua, which would rank it as the highest from America.

The Observatory also reported a total of 86 "verified" deaths of people with symptoms of COVID-19, a number far from the four recognized by the Government of President Daniel Ortega.
They report 86 dead

Of the 86 deaths, the Government recognizes four as victims of the pandemic, 53 died from pneumonia or other diseases related to COVID-19, and another 29 from heart attacks or unknown causes, which the Observatory related to the new coronavirus.

The Observatory reported a total of 147 irregularities by the authorities and official groups related to the pandemic, such as exposure of people in activities of agglomeration, threats, coercion, harassment, retaliation and inadequate responses from the Ministry of Health.

The government of President Daniel Ortega, which has not established restrictions or social prevention measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, accepted last Tuesday, for the first time, the use of masks and social distancing in Nicaragua.

Ortega, whose government promotes agglomeration activities, has insisted that the priority is the economy, on the subject of public health, based on the fact that the country cannot stop.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have expressed their concern about the way in which the Nicaraguan authorities handle the pandemic.

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) have classified the issue as a violation of the right to health.

 

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Source: https://100noticias.com.ni/nacionales/100707-coronavirus-nicaragua-minsa-amenaza-medicos/

Office 505: Minsa threatens doctors in Chinandega for filtering cases by Covid-19
Minsa authorities threatened the staff of the Chinandega Spain hospital if they break the chain of secrecy, and warned them that they are empowered by the Health Law to even prosecute them criminally.
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The Ministry of Health (Minsa) threatened the medical personnel of the Chinandega Spain hospital with suspending their medical registration (license and the Minsa Code) if they reveal information about the health status of patients with Covid-19.

Sources from the Spain hospital revealed that the meeting with health authorities was to threaten them, which generated fear among medical personnel.

"In a meeting with medical personnel in Chinandega, they were told that the health law empowers the Ministry to accuse you or even remove your title if they break the stealth of a patient's chain of custody," said the source, who asked not to reveal his identity. for fear of retaliation.

He added that "now the doctors in Chinandega are afraid and say they feel tied by the hands. Those who better handle this law, perhaps can comment and organize a pronouncement. "

MINSA USA CONVENIENCE HEALTH LAW

The authorities of the Minsa are covered by article 8 of the General Health Law, which establishes the "confidentiality and secrecy of all information, its file and its stay in public or private health institutions, except for legal exceptions."

Dr. Jos? Luis Borge, from the Nicaraguan Medical Unit, considers that, since there is no rule of law in Nicaragua, "any rule can be used beyond the purposes for which it was developed."

"It is the Minsa that is breaking the law by not declaring the Covid-19 tests mandatory and not giving transparent and verifiable information about the pandemic," said Borge.

He added that the Ministry of Health should consider all atypical pneumonia as a coronavirus, as long as it is not verified by PCR that it is not Covid-19.

“All atypical pneumonia should be considered a coronavirus until proven otherwise. All sudden deaths on the street, especially in people under the age of 60, are associated with coronaviruses, ”he insisted.

 

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Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/gobierno-reporta-quinta-muerte-por-covid-19-y-provoca-mas-incertidumbre/

Government reports fifth death from COVID-19 and causes more uncertainty
covid-19 in Nicaragua
He is a 65-year-old man, who the Minsa does not clarify if it was an active case or outside its list, like the previous one; Minsa continues to ignore two verified deaths
Arlen Cerda
May 3, 2020

A 65-year-old man died on the morning of this Sunday, May 3, in Nicaragua, becoming the fifth death by COVID-19 confirmed by the Government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who -however- continues without acknowledging the death of others. two people, verified by relatives and medical sources in Managua and Estel?, on April 29.

In another of its concise and confusing statements on the progress of the pandemic in Nicaragua, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) did not detail whether this is one of the three people who, for the past seven days, have maintained as "delicate, but stable cases ”, Or if this deceased person is one of the“ seven recovered ”, as happened before, with the case of the 70-year-old Estel? patient, who was discharged and removed from the Minsa list of active cases, but died days later at home.

The Nicaraguan Medical Association, which brings together Health professionals, already warned on April 23 the lack of transparency in the handling of statistical reports on the incidence and progression of the pandemic, because this attitude "does not allow knowing the true situation epidemiological in our country ”.
They maintain three delicate and 16 suspects

Since last April 26, the Minsa maintains in its communications that there are three active cases of COVID-19. This Saturday he added that of them there is one "delicate and attended" and two "delicate, but stable", without specifying what each of these terms mean and what is the difference between the two states, which due to their ambiguity have even been the subject of memes in social networks.

The Minsa stated that the "gentleman over 65 years of age, with chronic conditions and associated acute illnesses, presented this morning a complication that was also acute, which unfortunately led to his death."

This is the second case of a person who died from COVID-19 in which the Minsa does not specify how it acquired the SARS-coV-2 coronavirus, nor the number of contacts of this person, or the type of follow-up it gives to them.

 

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Source: https://adncuba.com/actualidad-inte...n-nicaragua-en-un-caso-mas-de-desvanecimiento
Elderly man dies in Nicaragua in one more case of sudden fading
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By EFE on 05 May 2020 - 10:04 pm

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An 85-year-old man died while waiting in line to receive his pension, this Tuesday in Nicaragua, the country in America that has taken the fewest actions to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, and where dozens of cases of sudden fading in the streets in the middle of the pandemic.

The man was pronounced dead by members of the Nicaraguan Red Cross a few minutes after his fainting, according to witnesses, which occurred at a bank branch in the city of Rivas, in southwestern Nicaragua.

The Nicaraguan authorities did not comment on the case, nor have they provided information about dozens of people who have suddenly fallen on the streets, some of whom have lost their lives, and others were transferred to medical centers, without being known. his health.

The Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee, made up of doctors and other specialists, have warned that sudden fainting, even if it is due to heart failure, could be related to the coronavirus.

The old man, whose name was not confirmed, suddenly vanished when he was part of a large row of pensioners.

On the 5th of each month, some 280,000 pensioners, both elderly and people with chronic conditions that prevent them from working, are summoned to banks in Nicaragua to withdraw their pensions.

Although banks take strict preventive measures against SARS-CoV-2 inside, such as temperature measurement, use of gel alcohol and social distancing, these are not observed in the rows of elderly people who spread out on the sidewalks along to the streets, in the different cities of Nicaragua.

Until now, the authorities of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS) have not taken measures to guarantee the prevention of COVID-19 among pensioners who seek their monthly payments.

In the lines, which usually extend for tens of meters in the bank branches of Managua, and for more than 100 meters in the offices of the departments (provinces), the elderly lack any protection against the pandemic, except for a part that he does wear a mask.

Until a week ago, the government of President Daniel Ortega, which has only reported fourteen confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, including five deaths, refused to take social prevention measures for the pandemic, but since last Tuesday it accepted that the population use masks and practice social distancing.

Ortega's handling of the pandemic has caused international concern because he opposes putting into practice the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO).

 

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Source: http://www.elpais.cr/2020/05/05/gobierno-de-nicaragua-dicta-medidas-preventivas-para-covid-19/


Government of Nicaragua dictates preventive measures for Covid-19
By Prensa Latina
- May 5, 2020

Managua, May 5 (Prensa Latina) .- The Nicaraguan government released today a series of measures that individuals and families must comply with in homes and public places in order to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic.
First, the message from the Ministry of Health (Minsa) cited the classic handwashing with soap and water, specifying that this sanitary action should take at least 20 seconds.

The Minsa advocated social distancing by asking people to keep at least a separation of one and a half meters in each other.

Cleaning surfaces in homes and workplaces with a solution of chlorinated water in a composition of 90-10, was another indication.

The person who wants to wear a mask should wash their hands before putting it on and do not touch it if they do not meet the prerequisite, notes another recommendation.

The governing body of health in Nicaragua directed that those who present fever, cough or tiredness go immediately to the nearest healthcare unit and at the same time called for the protection of older adults and people with chronic conditions.

The health authorities of this Central American country reported 16 cases of the new coronavirus, Sars-Cov-2 causing Covid-19, with five deaths from that cause and four patients in active condition.

 

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Medical Associations stand in solidarity with health professionals who have suffered retaliation


The different Nicaraguan Medical Associations came together to support the position of the 236 health professionals who asked the government of Daniel Ortega take concrete actions to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

The brief statement, signed with the logos of the 21 associations, expresses “full support” for all the medical signatories who have suffered retaliation and dismissal “simply by following the recommendations issued by the World Health Organization and the international medical societies, all with the aim of reducing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in our country. “

Also Read: For the second time this week, Minsa does not provide a report on the situation of Covid-19 in Nicaragua

On May 1, 236 health professionals sued the government for massive tests to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus (name of the virus that causes Covid-19) at the public and private levels, and demanded that it be “transparent the pertinent data on the evolution of the epidemic in accordance with international epidemiological standards, using technical and clear language ”.

 

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Source: https://100noticias.com.ni/nacionales/100804-coronavirus-sandinista-minsa-ausente/

Managua, Nicaragua 07, May, 2020 1:45 p.m.
Sandinista Minsa absent second day without reporting COVID-19 in Nicaragua
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For the second consecutive day, the Secretary General of the Sandinista Health Ministry, Dr. Carlos S?enz, was absent and did not provide an epidemiological report on the progress of COVID-19 in Nicaragua.

Until last Tuesday, May 5, Sa?nz reported four active cases of COVID-19 and 16 suspected cases, since that day it is unknown if new cases of coronavirus are counted in the country.

The sanctioned vice president Rosario Murillo also omits to refer to the handling of the coronavirus data in her customary midday address, through the official media.

Murillo yesterday spoke on various topics including INETER's seismic reports, The Nutritional Census, the inauguration of the Health Station on May 1, Special Winter Welcome Program, inauguration of the new Police Unit in Waslala, Virtual Meeting of the Phytosanitary Command , among others, but forgot the COVID-19 data report.

Despite the fact that S?enz and Murillo do not provide data on the covid-19, Sandinista deputy Carlos Emilio L?pez came out to defend the public health model, pointing out that the health system is not collapsed.

In his intervention this Thursday, Murillo reported that 3,500 calls are registered to line 132, enabled as the National Information Center COVID-19, but today he did not give figures for patients with the virus in the country either.

 

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Source: https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/En...on-velatorios-nicaraguenses_0_1025047501.html

Immediate burials and wake ban alert Nicaraguans
EFE - Managua
05/08/2020 - 01:39

Immediate burials and wake ban alert Nicaraguans

Immediate burial orders, the prohibition of funerals, the presence of police and / or Ministry of Health officials during the funeral or people who have died suddenly in the streets keep Nicaragua on alert, where the authorities only recognize 16 cases and five died from COVID-19.

In the department of Rivas, in southern Nicaragua, two men who belong to the most vulnerable population died suddenly in the last three days, something unusual in the Central American country in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

The first was an 85-year-old man who died at a bank branch while queuing to collect his pension, and the second was another man, 68, who died suddenly while riding a motorcycle.

SUSPICIOUS DEATHS BY COVID-19

In the department of Chinandega, in the northwest of Nicaragua, the so-called Citizen Observatory COVID-19 has verified the death of at least 16 people between March 14 and May 4 last, 10 of them in the last week.

"Of the 10 deaths verified and occurred in the last five days, two had a heart attack diagnosis, without alleged link with COVID-19; the remaining eight are deaths in suspicious circumstances in which the sources indicate a link with COVID-19," The Observatory explained in a report.

According to the Observatory, which independently locates cases of COVID-19, the authorities gave in these deaths immediate burial orders, a funeral ban or the funerals were attended by police and / or officials from the Ministry of Health.

Chinandega residents have expressed their alarm and fear that it is an outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the COVID-19 disease.

Given the increase in deaths in that province, the authorities should rule out the presence of COVID-19 in these people, or implement control actions in case of confirming the diagnosis, and keep citizens informed so that they can responsibly implement self-protection measures, he suggested. the observatory.

OFFICIAL SILENCE

The Nicaraguan authorities, however, still do not provide information about dozens of cases of sudden fading on the streets, some of whom have lost their lives and others have been transferred to medical centers, without knowing their state of health.

The Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee, made up of doctors and other specialists, has warned that sudden fainting, even if it is due to heart failure, could be related to the coronavirus.

Medical doctor Freddy Bland?n did not rule out the possibility that the vanished have died from COVID-19, based on recent studies showing that SARS-coV-2 not only attacks the lungs, but other organs, so people They can die from suffocation, cardiac arrest, or stroke.

The specialist told Efe that, although March, April and the beginning of May are the months with the highest incidence of cardiac arrests in Nicaragua, sudden deaths on the streets are not common.

DANIEL ORTEGA: "THE SUCH CORONAVIRUS"

According to a report by the Ministry of Health, between March 11, when the pandemic was declared, until April 30, 2,829 people had died from other diseases and only 4 from COVID-19 (there are already five, officially).

"That (number of deaths, an average of 55.5 per day) is a monstrosity. A lot of deaths (...), but of course we do not see it right now because we are all pending the coronavirus," said President Daniel Ortega last Thursday when he presented that report.

Neither Ortega nor the Ministry of Health have ruled on the blackouts and sudden deaths on the streets.

The deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, has said that they cannot "make an evaluation" of the pandemic in Nicaragua, where "the situation is still undetermined", that is, there are no data from " how is the pandemic at the moment?

The Ortega Government, which continues to minimize the coronavirus pandemic and which it welcomed with a march called "Love in times of COVID-19", has declared itself against the "Stay at home" campaign.

According to Ortega, confinement would destroy the Nicaraguan economy, which has contracted in the last two years and which is mostly informal, so that his Government, according to what he has said, will maintain "normal activities", keeping the recommendations of the Health authorities.

 

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Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/reporta...pechosos-de-covid-19-mientras-el-minsa-calla/

More than 780 suspected cases of covid-19 are reported, while the Minsa remains silent
Managua, Masaya and Chinandega would be the departments most affected by covid-19 in the country
Ivette Mungu?a
May 8, 2020

The Citizen Observatory, which monitors the behavior of SARS-coV-2 in Nicaragua, raised to 781 the suspected cases of covid-19 in the country, while the Ministry of Health (Minsa) recognizes only 16 confirmed cases, since March 18 that the first infected person was reported until May 5 who stopped publishing their daily reports.

The report that is made independently also indicates that some 88 people have died in Nicaragua with symptoms similar to those of covid-19, but the Government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo only admits five deaths due to the pandemic, and also does not recognize community local transmission.

The Nicaraguan authorities not only keep the information on the pandemic very secret, but on May 1, the president, Daniel Ortega, attacked the household shelter that civil society promotes as prevention of covid-19, describing these measures as "extreme" and "radical". Political leaders of the opposition consider that the "empty" speech of Ortega had the sole objective of justifying the "incapacity" and "negligence" of the Government.

Among the independently reported cases, 87 correspond to health workers, including doctors and support personnel.

Likewise, the cities with the most suspected cases of covid-19 would be: Managua with 339, followed by Masaya with 64, Chinandega with 61, Matagalpa 53, Estel? 35, Granada 28, Le?n 25, RACCS 23, Chontales 21, Madriz 19, Rivas 16, and Carazo with 10.

The members of the Observatory issued an "alert" call to the residents of Managua, since this department accumulates 43% of the total number of people affected. The number of infected people grew by 147% in the last ten days.

They denounce irregularities

On the other hand, the Observatory reported 119 irregularities in the health system, especially referring to inadequate responses from the Minsa authorities, as well as threats, coercion, harassment, retaliation, and exposure of people to the new coronavirus in agglomeration activities.

The data from the Citizen Observatory is provided by a network of collaborators and family members of the people affected, but the Ortega government has rejected them and for three days has preferred to remain silent on the progress of the pandemic in the country.

Nicaraguan authorities have been criticized for their handling of the pandemic in Nicaragua, which includes failing to establish restrictions, late implementation of some social prevention measures, and promoting activities that create crowds.

Epidemiological doctors have warned that in Nicaragua there is an underreporting of cases of covid-19, while the Ministry maintains centralized tests for the disease, and although the patients present all the symptoms and have even had contact with a positive case recognized by the Government, doctors have had to diagnose them as atypical pneumonia.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reminded the Ortega Government of the importance of "reliable information and state measures" to prevent more people from dying from the pandemic.

Both the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have expressed their concern about the case of Nicaragua.

 

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Source: https://www.france24.com/es/2020050...9-en-nicaragua-en-medio-de-secretismo-oficial

Man who died with symptoms of covid-19 is buried in Nicaragua amid official secrecy

First modification: 05/10/2020 - 00: 56Last modification: 05/10/2020 - 00:55
Managua (AFP)

Roberto was buried this Saturday without a wake in a sealed coffin in a Managua cemetery. This mechanic died after being hospitalized with symptoms similar to covid-19, amid official secrecy about the extent of the pandemic in Nicaragua.

"The death certificate says that he died of severe pneumonia, but the symptoms he presented were pain in the body, a high fever of 40 degrees, a dry cough, all the symptoms of covid-19," Francisco told AFP. relative of the victim, while they buried him in a hurry in the Milagro de Dios cemetery in the capital.

Roberto, a healthy and strong man who worked in a mechanic shop in Managua and protected himself with a mask when traveling by bus, died in a public hospital after becoming seriously ill a week ago.

The doctors said that they could not watch over him to "say goodbye to him" and "they even put nails in the coffin and sent us directly to bury him," the indignant man revealed.

The funeral was attended by several family members wearing masks, who believe that Roberto actually died of covid-19, the virus that has already killed more than 277,000 people worldwide, but that the Nicaraguan government has minimized.

According to health authorities, Nicaragua accumulates only 16 cases of coronavirus, of which five have died since the first contagion was reported on March 18.

The government of Daniel Ortega denies that there is community contagion, so it has not decreed quarantines. On the contrary, in the last two months it has promoted recreational and sports agglomerations, against the social distancing standards recommended by the WHO.

Roberto's relatives are sure that "the government is hiding information" because during the week that Roberto was hospitalized, they learned of the death of several patients from pneumonia, who they suspect had covid-19.

According to an independent count carried out by the Citizen Observatory, with the support of civil organizations, social networks and citizens, in Nicaragua there are more than 780 suspected cases of covid-19, which are treated or admitted to health units. like pneumonia.

According to these records, rejected by the government, the focus of the epidemic is the departments of Managua, Masaya (south) and Chinandega (northwest).

Days ago, the government stopped reporting on the progress of the pandemic in the country, while public hospitals and cemeteries are watched by police patrols.