governor Rio de JaneiroAnd Claudio Castro (PL)He said, Thursday (9), in an exclusive interview with CNNDespite the small number of hospitalized patients, the influenza epidemic is dangerous in the outpatient setting.
The statement comes after the Ministry of Health acknowledged the pandemic, and in a note sent early Thursday afternoon, they said they had put an “influenza pandemic emergency plan into action.”
“There are very few hospitalizations. It’s a lot on an outpatient basis. It’s dangerous on an outpatient basis, but there are no deaths. It really needs more places for outpatient care, and we are opening up more places,” Castro said.
After a 2,647% jump in influenza care in state emergency care units (UPAs) in recent weeks, the government has set up tents in the combined urban areas of Marechal-Hermes, Tijuca and Botafogo, which are the same in the UPAs Penha and Jacarepaguá, in the Western Region.
Castro claims that defining an influenza pandemic only intensifies the work that has already been done. In fact, this does not change much, because we already have campaign structures in the state. It means more work, more service, more service sites.”
He declined to comment on the fact that the city issued its first public statement on the matter only on Thursday afternoon (December 9), when the mayor held a press conference. Eduardo Paes (PSD), Learn about the epidemic in the city. “I’m not a doctor, I can’t say whether it took or not,” he added.
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