The meeting that the Public Health Commission held yesterday to update and approve the Surveillance and Control Strategy against COVID-19 after the acute phase of the pandemic. The statement issued by the entity emphasizes that the changes are mainly due to high levels of immunity reached by the population.
Thus, if at the beginning of the month quarantines were eliminated in case of having maintained close contact, isolation is now completely removed in mild and asymptomatic confirmed cases. This will take place from Monday, March 28 of 2022.
As a way to mitigate the consequences of such news, the Commission ensures that recommendations aimed at preventive measures will be issued. These are the wearing a mask at all times and in any setting and avoiding contact with the most vulnerable people.
When will it be necessary to quarantine?
The no need for isolation will depend on the diagnosis of the health personnel depending on the symptoms or the level of risk that each person presents. Therefore, if it is considered necessary, the isolation must be fulfilled.
On the other hand also are maintained in people with vulnerability factors. That is, in people over 60 years of age, immunosuppressed and pregnant people. In addition to health and social health personnel due to their work environment also vulnerable.
It should be noted that the Commission specifies that the update of measures will take place from next Monday, as long as the indicators of use of assistance services are at a low level.
Fewer performance of tests and diagnostic tests
Just as with isolation, too the indication to carry out so many diagnostic tests is modified as we were used to so far. For this reason, from now on there will be in the same people mentioned above with the obligation to quarantine and in visibly severe cases of the virus.
In this way, the Public Health Commission details that surveillance will focus on these groups and, again, In mild cases, the tests will be carried out according to the needs of the patient..
Finally, the organization wanted to point out: "This strategy will remain in force as long as there is no significant change in the trend indicating an uncontrolled circulation of SARS-CoV-2 or a change in the epidemiological situation that requires reestablishing surveillance and control measures at the proposal of the Report on Alerts and Preparedness and Response Plans».
