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

Source: https://ww2.elmercurio.com.ec/2020/...vo-que-se-burlo-del-coronavirus-en-nicaragua/


COVID-19 sports chronicler who mocked the coronavirus in Nicaragua dies
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Jos? Francisco Ruiz. Photo: Radio La Primer?sima

A veteran and prominent Nicaraguan sports chronicler, who mocked the new coronavirus last May, died last night after several days of suffering from COVID-19, state radio station Radio Nicaragua reported Wednesday.

Jos? Francisco Ruiz, 75, one of Nicaragua's best-known sports chroniclers, "died on Tuesday night, after struggling for several days with COVID-19 symptoms," Radio Nicaragua said on its website.

In mid-May, Ruiz, who at the time of his death was sympathetic to the Government of Daniel Ortega and was conducting a sports program on state-owned Channel 6 television, said that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was a "fagot," related him to the opposition, with conspiracy theories, and assured that it was prevented with homemade medicines.

"This virus is a fagot, like the 'puchitos' (opponents), look at how it is a fagot: it is killed by soap suds," he said, mockingly, in his sports program broadcast on Channel 6, and whose video is has gone viral on social media.

Although his interlocutor warned him to be careful, the chronicler stated that the coronavirus was "working for what they did", without mentioning authors.

"They say that the old must be eliminated, because the old spend a lot and they are many. The war was against the old, this virus is for the old, "he added.

Ruiz also affirmed that an acquaintance of his was relieved by "gargling salt three times a day, with lemon grass, and he took boiling water baths with eucalyptus leaves, four or five days, (and) the virus died."

These comments led to ridicule towards the chronicler, better known as “Pepe Ruiz”, who was a teacher and radio actor, before dedicating the last 48 years of his life to narrating baseball and commenting on sports, a career that earned him recognition from the Association of Sports Writers of Nicaragua.

So far, Nicaragua has officially registered 2,170 cases of COVID-19, and 74 deaths.

For its part, the independent Citizen Observatory COVID-19, a network of doctors and volunteers that records suspicious cases, records 5,957 infected, and 1,688 deceased.

The Nicaraguan Government's strategy is not to establish restrictions to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, although it does accept some social prevention measures, and it promotes crowds.

This strategy has sparked concern in organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as in their units dedicated to health and human rights. EFE
 
Nicaragua registers 2,170 cases of Covid-19 and 74 people died from the pandemic until this Thursday, June 25, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health (Minsa). These are the most important news of this day.

https://www.explica.co/what-you-need-to-know-to-start-your-day-june-25/
 
The World Health Organization reports:


2,014 Confirmed Cases*


74 Deaths*


The Ministry of Health is expected to provide an update tomorrow, June 30.
 
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PRESS RELEASE MINISTRY OF CITIZEN POWER FOR HEALTH
Coronavirus situation as of June 30, 10:00 am Weekly Report

During the present week, from June 23 to June 30, we have attended and given Responsible and Careful Follow-up to 349 Nicaraguans with COVID-19 confirmed or probable by clinic.
Likewise, 261 people who were in Responsible and Careful Follow-up have complied with the established period.
From the start of the Pandemic until today, we have attended and given Responsible and Careful Follow-up to 2,182 people. We continue working to provide care to Nicaraguan families.
People who have been in Responsible and Careful Follow-up by COVID-19 , have frequently had associated conditions such as: Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Arterial Hypertension, Heart Diseases, Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Failure, history of Cerebrovascular accident, Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Chronic Lung diseases.
In the current week there were 9 deaths attributable to COVID-19 and other deaths occurred in people who have been followed up, due to Pulmonary Thromboembolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Hypertensive Crisis and Bacterial Pneumonia.
To date, we have achieved the recovery of 1,750 Nicaraguans.
Cases have been reported in outbreaks through clearly established Contacts.
We continue working, in the prevention and care of people, In the Name of God!
https://www.el19digital.com/coronavi...-a-la-covid-19
 
Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/medicos-de-nicaragua-exigen-a-ortega-brindar-datos-reales-de-covid-19/

Doctors demand Ortega prioritize health and provide real data from covid-19
Doctors maintain that covid-19 shows "an exponentially rising curve, without government containment and mitigation measures and policies at the national level." In the photo, a group of the dismissed doctors, who are demanding their reinstatement. // Photo: EFE | Jorge Torres

It is the third public message, this time without stamps or signatures to avoid legal charges, dismissals, or other retaliation.
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@confidencial_ni

July 3, 2020

The Nicaraguan medical union demanded that the government of President Daniel Ortega prioritize "the common good, the health of the citizenry" and offer the real data of the covid-19 pandemic, to counter its spread.

In their third public message, this time without stamps or signatures to avoid legal charges, dismissals, or other retaliation, the doctors expressed "deep concern about the development of the covid-19 pandemic in Nicaragua."

Statistics from the Ministry of Health show that new cases and the number of deaths from covid-19 grow every week, however, the Nicaraguan Government is reluctant to apply restrictions or expand social prevention measures, to prevent the spread of the pandemic, they point out.

"We demand that the Government of Nicaragua prioritize the common good and the health of the citizenry," stressed the doctors in their message, in which they warned that "the country needs all the living forces of the nation to join efforts to safeguard the life of the people. "

The doctors, who added 700 signatures in their message last May, indicated that in Nicaragua the community broadcast of COVID-19 shows "an exponentially increasing curve, without government measures and policies of containment and mitigation at the national level."

They also warned of the “weakening of the public health system, among other reasons due to: health personnel on sick leave (due to) illness, and due to the recent wave of dismissals of highly qualified doctors, due to the simple fact of demanding and distributing medical equipment. adequate personal protection for self-care of health personnel ”.

They also warned of an "increasing number of patients practicing self-medication, which exposes them to the risk of lethal complications", since they do not go to a hospital until they are in critical condition.
No access to evidence

Likewise, they pointed out “the centralization and lack of access to the massive test of the covid-19, leaves without diagnostic tools the entire health system of the nation”, and criticized that “the Government continues to promote massive activities and attendance at face-to-face classes in education centers ”.

The Ortega government has insisted that it applies a so-called "singular strategy" against the pandemic, which compares with the one that Sweden abandoned last May, and seeks the "balance" between the economy and health.

The doctors stressed that "Nicaragua needs to recognize its fragile health situation before its people and the world."

So far, the Nicaraguan government admits 2,519 covid-19 infections, and 83 deaths.

"We insist on the need to disclose the real data of the pandemic," stressed the doctors, some of whom have confirmed the death of at least 78 suspects in Nicaraguan health personnel, including 34 doctors, based on figures from the independent Citizen Observatory COVID-19, made up of a network of doctors and volunteers.

Once again, the Nicaraguan medical union urged the Government to "follow the recommendations of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as take the suggested measures of the Integration System Central American (SICA), to face the pandemic.
 
Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/impuest...es-a-ventiladores-y-mascarillas-en-nicaragua/

Ortega imposes "illegal and immoral" taxes on fans, and masks to prevent covid-19
fan taxes
Nicaragua only has about 160 ventilators, medical sources from various hospitals revealed to Confidencial in February. // Photo: Agencies

Cosep denounces collection of VAT; Fiscal expert Julio Francisco B?ez: Government violates the Constitution and contravenes the World Customs Organization and WHO
Yader Luna
July 3, 2020

The Government of Daniel Ortega is applying taxes to three vital medical teams that are required to face the covid-19 pandemic, when –denounced the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep) - tax benefits for prevention should be applied of the coronavirus.

For the fans or respirators, key for patients who are aggravated by the covid-19, the Government removed the exemption from import taxes and imposed a tax equal to that of ceiling or pedestal fans.

Surgical masks and oximeters (which help measure the level of oxygen in the blood), are the other two products that are paying new taxes, which represents a threat to the population that urges these medical supplies to face the pandemic.

Fiscal expert Julio Francisco B?ez, points out that other basic products to face the pandemic also continue to pay taxes, such as alcohol gel, chlorine, thermometers, among others.

"There is a collection psychosis of the Government, which shows that they do not have an orderly tax planning and apply shotgun shooting, that is, they apply the collection wherever possible, regardless of the health of the people," said B?ez.

The president of Cosep, Jos? Ad?n Aguerri, regretted that the collection of these taxes "is making the entry of these products more expensive" when the business sector has been insisting since March "that what has to be given is a fiscal easing of everything that is useful to combat the pandemic. "
Taxes are illegal

For the tax expert, Julio Francisco B?ez, the collection of these taxes is illegal because it violates various national laws, starting with the Constitution, but it is also "immoral" because it is charged for products necessary for health.

"It is impossible to think that they were wrong and that they put medical fans on the same list as a common home ventilator and they are being taxed on something that can save lives," he said.

B?ez specified that these charges violate article 114 of the Political Constitution of Nicaragua, which establishes that "medicines, vaccines and serums for human consumption, orthoses and prostheses, as well as supplies and raw materials, will be exempt from paying all kinds of taxes. necessary for the elaboration of these products in accordance with the classification and procedures established. ”

They also violate article 127 of the Tax Agreement Law, which establishes that they will be exempt from paying VAT for medicines, vaccines, oxygen for clinical or hospital use, medical, surgical, optometric, dental and diagnostic equipment and instruments for human medicine.

This collection, B?ez insists, violates the same customs laws and contravenes the Central American Tariff System (Sac) applicable in Nicaragua.
They contravene OMA and WHO

The Government also contravenes the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), which prepared an extensive document called “Reference for the classification in the Harmonized System of medical supplies to deal with covid-19”, in which they detail everything necessary to combat the coronavirus.

Some products that the Ortega Government is taxing, such as the oximeter and medical respirators, are on this list, which, although not binding on governments, is a joint orientation of both world organizations that classify these inputs as necessary to face and prevent covid-19.

The heads of the OMA and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) issued a joint statement on April 23 calling for further action on customs and trade facilitation measures, in order to ensure a effective response to the covid-19 pandemic.

Nicaragua has been a member of the WCO since March 3, 1998.
Why do they charge taxes?

The businessmen affirm that the collection occurs due to the decision of the General Directorate of Customs Services to reclassify some tariff items, which caused it to be included in the list of products that pay taxes to several that were previously exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT). .

“The fans that today are essential to save lives. Before this change, they were registered under an item where those fans do not have to pay 15 percent of Value Added Tax (VAT). Now they are doing a reclassification where they force that fan to be put into another tariff reclassification that forces you to pay taxes, ”explained Aguerri.

In this regard, employers point out that this is due to a "need for tax collection" that "conflicts with the reality of saving lives, which is important at this time."

He also stated that they are now applying "value doubts" to surgical masks, which have increased their cost by up to 18% in the invoice price. This, Aguerri affirmed, causes that even the same doctors, including those of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) who must buy them on their own, make it much more expensive.
Doctors warn "collapse"

At least 34 Nicaraguan Medical Associations issued a statement on June 1, warning that the "exponential increase" in cases of covid-19 has caused the "collapse" in the Nicaraguan public and private health system, which has caused: crowded hospitals, lack of beds, lack of medicines and essential products such as oxygen.

This Thursday, the Nicaraguan medical union demanded that the Government give priority “to the common good, the health of the citizenry” and demanded that they offer the real data of the covid-19 pandemic in the country, to counter its spread.

In their third public message, this time without signatures to avoid legal charges, dismissals or threats, the doctors expressed their "deep concern". In May they published an alert call signed by more than 700 health professionals. At least 16 doctors have been fired by the authorities for expressing their criticism of the management of the pandemic.

The president of Cosep called on the Government to be consistent because "everything has to be directed in order to support the citizenry, depending on whether this situation that is being experienced in Customs is reversed."
"It must be reported internationally"

Fiscal expert Julio Francisco B?ez celebrated the denunciation of the business sector and called for raising the voice both nationally and internationally because "the government's psychosis for tax collection" is infamous ".

“It is not just a claim for collection taxes, it is the defense of life. That flag must be raised to defend the health of Nicaraguans, "he insisted.

He specified that complaints must be made and "hundred, thousand complaints" filed against those taxes.

“There are criminal responsibilities. The damage they did by collecting product taxes. Many people may have died for lack of these products, "he alleged.

Ba?z indicated that article 455 of the Penal Code establishes that: “the authority, official or public employee who, abusing his position, demands or makes pay rights, tariffs, tariffs, taxes, contributions, rates or levies that are non-existent or in greater quantity than that indicated the law will be sanctioned, without prejudice to the reimbursements to which he is obliged, from two to six years in prison, and disqualification for the same period to hold office or public employment ”.
Deaf ears government

On March 12, Cosep asked the government for tax benefits on products used to prevent the virus. It also demanded that the government streamline the import and nationalization processes of all these supplies, especially sanitary.

A CONFIDENCIAL investigation recently revealed that Nicaraguans have had to pay seven times as much for a regular surgical mask or an N95. The reason, in addition to the high demand for prevention products due to the covid-19 pandemic, is due to the lack of state measures that promote the decline, say experts in defense of consumers.

More than 23,000 artificial respirators have bought nine Latin American countries since the beginning of March to equip the intensive care units of their hospitals and duly attend to the hundreds of seriously ill patients who require them -or are expected to require them- to as the contagion reaches its highest peaks.

The Sentinel Alliance Covid-19 cross-border journalism initiative, which is tracking how governments respond to the pandemic, examined 129 public procurement contracts for medical and transport respirators in nine countries. Forced by the desire to prepare as soon as possible before a potential massive demand for properly equipped ICUs, all governments made their purchases under the direct contracting modality, which, according to the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), increases the risk of irregularities.

Costa Rica and Uruguay were more cautious and went out earlier to buy, before device prices skyrocketed due to sudden simultaneous global demand. Colombia and Peru, which made multiple orders at different prices at different times, and others, such as Mexico, which made a proportionally greater investment but ultimately obtained fewer fans.

Guatemala, the poorest country compared to in this research, made some very expensive respirator purchases, including three respirators for newborn infants and children at more than $ 100,000 each, despite the fact that these two groups are not among the population that is most frequently needing these machines to survive the virus in other parts of the world.

The investigation did not find data on the purchases made by Nicaragua, where according to the Government there are 2,590 infections and 83 deaths, while independent monitoring by the Citizen Observatory COVID-19 records 6,775 suspected infections and 1,878 deaths, as of June 24. After a 105-day pandemic, without taking preventive measures or decreeing an emergency, the government of Daniel Ortega imposed a value tax (VAT) of 15% on the import of medical ventilators.
 
Source: https://ticotimes.net/2020/07/03/fi...c-nicaraguan-doctors-remain-on-the-front-line

Fired for criticizing government’s response to pandemic, Nicaraguan doctors remain on the front line
AFP and The Tico Times
July 3, 2020

Unemployed and emotionally worn, Nicaraguan doctors fired from the public health system for criticizing the government’s handling of the pandemic remain on the front lines, fighting COVID-19 with almost no resources.

“I turned my living room into an office,” Gustavo M?ndez, a 61-year-old doctor, told AFP. “The cost of the consultation is based on the means of the people; sometimes I don’t charge.”

“I attend to COVID-19 (patients) by phone, according to the protocols established for each phase of the disease,” he explained. His service does not include treatment or high-cost exams, which must be covered by the patient, said M?ndez, who has more than 30 years of experience.

“I have recovered three COVID-19 patients, two 40-year-olds and one 83-year-old,” says the doctor, who had specialized in pediatric hematocytology in Spain and Italy.

M?ndez is one of more than 15 doctors who were fired from the public health system after complaining about the lack of protective equipment in hospitals and asking that the government of President Daniel Ortega enact measures against the pandemic.

Firing the doctors was controversial amid the expansion of COVID-19 in a country of 6.2 million inhabitants, with a public health system whose hospitals are “collapsed,” according to medical associations.

In addition, reports indicate dozens of doctors and health workers have been infected with COVID-19...
 
PRESS RELEASE MINISTRY OF CITIZEN?S POWER FOR HEALTH Coronavirus situation as of July 7, 10:00 a.m. Weekly report During the current week, from June 30 to July 7, we have attended and provided Responsible and Careful Care to 327 Nicaraguans, either confirmed to be COVID-19 positive or clinically plausible. Likewise, 243 people who were under Responsible and Careful Care have complied with the established period. From the start of the Pandemic until today, we have attended and provided Responsible 2 and Careful Care to 2,411 people. We continue working to provide care to the Nicaraguan families. People who have been receiving Responsible and Careful Care for COVID-19, have frequently had associated conditions such as: Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Heart Diseases, Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Failure, a history of Cerebrovascular disease, Pulmonary tuberculosis and chronic pulmonary diseases. In the current week, there were 8 deaths attributable to COVID-19 and other deaths which occurred in people who have been under responsible care, due to Pulmonary Thromboembolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Hypertensive Crises and Bacterial Pneumonia. 3 To date, we have attained the recovery of 1,993 Nicaraguans. Cases have been reported in outbreaks through clearly established Contacts. We continue working on prevention and caring for our people, in the Name of God!
https://www.el19digital.com/app/webr...020-%20ING.pdf
 
Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/en-un-m...de-personal-de-salud-por-covid-19-de-32-a-70/

Source: Source: https://confidencial.com.ni/en-un-m...de-personal-de-salud-por-covid-19-de-32-a-70/

Death of Health personnel due to covid-19 doubled in one month: from 32 to 70
Confidential
Epidemiologists question official data and warn that peak of the covid-19 contagion could arrive between the end of July and the beginning of August
Yader Luna
July 9, 2020

The epidemiological curve of the covid-19 continues to grow, because despite the official figures of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) admitting 91 deaths, only the medical union reports the death of 70 health workers. Until a month ago, the deaths were only 32, that is, the doctors, nurses and auxiliary personnel killed by the pandemic doubled.

The data of the Minsa is far below the report of the independent Citizen Observatory COVID-19, based on complaints from the population and medical sources, which registers 2,087 deaths, that is to say 23 times more deaths than the Minsa, explained epidemiologists Leonel Arg?ello and Rafael Amador, during an interview on the program Esta Noche.

The Observatory's number of contagions of 7,402 suspected cases of covid-19 is three times higher than those offered by the Minsa, which only recognizes 2,846 confirmed cases with contagion of coronavirus.

“In Central America all the data (of infections and deaths) go up and nothing indicates that in Nicaragua it can go down. What's more, it should go higher because we have no measure to try to stop the covid-19 pandemic, ”Arg?ello said.

Both doctors estimate that the total number of sick and deceased, whether confirmed by the Minsa or those registered by the Citizen Observatory, may be far from reality since there are many data "from rural and indigenous communities" that are not known.

For Dr. Amador, the lethality of 28% nationwide estimated by official information, is much higher in some areas. He gave as an example the case of areas such as Managua with 26%, Matagalpa, Estel? and Jinotega which is between 18 and 20%.

"While in the North Caribbean the case fatality is 52%, in the South Caribbean it is 32%, in Chinandega it is 41% and in Masaya 39%. That in much more urban areas, but in the interior of the country people do not report their dead, but they mourn them, because they know many who died and for them they are not figures, they are faces with names and surnames, "said Amador.
Contradiction of the Minsa

While the Minsa has registered a maximum point of 18 deaths in the week of May 26 that were reduced to eight, on Tuesday, July 7, Dr. Arg?ello affirms that the same projections from Imperial College indicate that "the highest peak" of Covid-19 cases could arrive between the end of July and the beginning of August.

"Unfortunately, no intervention measures have been taken here to fight the epidemic, so what you have to expect are more cases," he warned.

In Dr. Amador's opinion, the purchase of medical equipment, the receipt of more donations to combat covid-19, "are measures that should have been taken at the start of the pandemic since the first case was detected or even earlier."

"If the matter is going down according to your figures, what are you preparing for? Could it be that they have some information that they are not sharing or are preparing for a more complicated scenario? ”He asked.

Amador insisted that "reality forces us to think that the situation is at risk of increasing in the short term."

“You go out into the street, and it seems that everything is beginning to follow normality, the traffic is increasing, the bus stops are beginning to conglomerate. So the population is starting to lower their responsible behavior so as not to infect others and this is because there is no forcefulness in the official message that there is an enormous risk of having a second wave (of infections), ”said the epidemiologist.

Increase home care

Regarding the medical reports that indicate that there are more cases and deaths of covid-19, but fewer patients in hospitals, Dr. Arg?ello explained that many patients began to take care of themselves at home.

“Sometimes hospitals change their criteria for admission, the same population tired of lack of information have chosen to stay home and do what is humanly possible to seek medical help lines from doctors. Another phenomenon is the fact that many people who chose to go to the hospital, stopped seeing it as the place for solution and rather as the place of the problem, "he said.

He regretted that there is a “horrifying self-medication campaign” to fight the virus and acknowledged that when entire families wait outside the hospital there is a greater chance of transmission of covid-19, “so the house is safer, as long as the patient is not home. severe, no chest tightness or shortness of breath. "

For his part, Dr. Amador commented that the population and the medical personnel themselves have been learning about covid-19 and detecting the onset of the most severe conditions allows better care.

“This allows them to not reach hospitals in fatal stages, but unfortunately all the prevention messages are thinking about the Pacific and North Central of the country and are not thinking about the approaches of rural and indigenous communities, which are beginning to have an impact on the covid-19 ”, he indicated.

Regarding the complaint that the Minsa has been taking blood samples from patients recovered from covid-19, mainly among state workers, for a week, without giving explanations or asking for their consent on the purpose of the sampling, Amador said that "it seems a strategy of identifying patients who developed immunity, which could be used for treatment ”.

"It wouldn't be bad if it were done, but explaining to the population. The information that has been obtained is from whispering, from people who say they do it, but it is rare, that does not correspond to acting as a rector of health who should act according to the interest of the entire population, "said the epidemiologist .
 
https://www.el19digital.com/articulo...de-la-covid-19 This is an English translation of the official press release from the Ministry of Health and also the press release in the original Spanish
MINISTRY OF CITIZEN POWER FOR HEALTH
Coronavirus situation as of July 14, 10:00 am Weekly Report
During this week, which runs from 07 to 14 July, we have attended and given Responsible and Careful Follow-up to 301 Nicaraguans with C OVID-19 confirmed or probable by clinic.
In the same way, 255 people who were in Responsible and Careful Follow-up have complied with the established period.
From the start of the pandemic to the present day, we have attended and given Responsible Monitoring and Care or to 2,682 people. We continue working to provide care to Nicaraguan families.
People who have been in Responsible and Careful Follow-up by COVID-19, have frequently had associated conditions such as: high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, obesity, heart disease, immunodeficiency syndrome, chronic kidney failure, a history of cerebrovascular accident, pulmonary tuberculosis. and chronic lung diseases.
In this week, there were 8 deaths attributable to COVID 19 and other deaths occurred in people who have been followed up, due to pulmonary thromboembolism, diabetes mellitus, acute myocardial infarction, hypertensive crisis and bacterial pneumonia.
To date, we have achieved the recovery of 2,282 Nicaraguans.
Cases have been reported in outbreaks through clearly established Contacts.
We continue working, in the prevention and care of people, In the Name of God!
 
Source: https://noticiasporelmundo.com/coro...casos-hasta-el-15-de-julio-noticias-nicaragua

Coronavirus does not stop in the country. Citizen Observatory registers 8,508 cases until July 15 - Nicaragua News
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Nicaragua reached 8,508 suspected cases of Covid-19 and 2,397 deaths, according to the report through July 15 from the Covid-19 Citizen Observatory. The increase in cases in the last seven days was 332, representing an increase of four percent.

The cases have been reported from all the departments and autonomous regions of Nicaragua, which shows that SARS-CoV-2 has spread throughout the national territory. However, Managua remains the department with the highest number of infections (3, 427), followed by Matagalpa (941), Masaya (605), Le?n (585), Estel? (478) and Chinandega, which at the start of the pandemic , between April and May, it was placed as one of the outbreaks of infections, now it has moved to sixth place, where more cases of the new coronavirus are reported in the country, 300, according to the Observatory.

According to different doctors, epidemiologists, the country maintains community transmission, which implies that anyone can have the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) still does not recognize it and its figures differ greatly from those of the Observatory, which according to specialists are closer to the reality of the impact of the pandemic in the country. As of Tuesday, July 14, the Minsa recognizes 3,147 confirmed cases, and 99 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 3 percent.

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The Observatory's suspicious deaths are divided into 137, which categorize them as pneumonia deaths and 2,260 as Covid-19 suspects. Managua also accounts for the highest number of deaths due to the pandemic, 36 percent, while Masaya; 10 percent and Matagalpa 8 percent.

Health sector continues to be hit by Covid-19

Until July 15, the Observatory accumulates reports of 724 health workers with associated or presumptive Covid-19 symptoms. And the deaths went from 94 to 96, all with suspicious symptoms.

These deaths include 40 doctors, 22 nursing personnel, 14 administrative personnel, 7 laboratory personnel, 3 medical visitors, 3 dentists, and 7 categorized as support personnel, vector-borne disease (ETV) personnel, among others.

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It is worth mentioning that the Observatory is made up of an interdisciplinary team that collects information provided by organizations, networks and citizens in general. The group is made up of professionals from medicine (including health professionals and epidemiologists), communication, research, engineering, computer science and students.

At the same time, they point out that the agglomerations remain in the country. That is one of the most reported irregularities. "These activities were, for the most part, organized, promoted and / or permitted by the respective municipalities," they say.
 
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