In our country, the Ómicron subvariants that are present are XBB with 129 cases and XBB 1.5 with 6 confirmed cases.
The Government, through the Ministry of Health (Minsal), did not rule out returning to the use of the mandatory mask in the face of the new variants of covid-19 present in the country (variants of Ómicron XBB and XBB 1.5); Plus the numbers of infections.
Everything would depend on how the infections evolve.
The Minister of Health, Ximena Aguileraemphasized that they do not rule out replacing the use of the mask in case of seeing an increase in hospitalizationsbut stressed that so far it would not be necessary.
As part of the celebration of Samu Resuscitator Day, the minister together with the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Fernando Araos, referred to the appearance of the new Ómicron subvariants.
In the instance they affirmed that they were controlled, but they emphasized that they do not rule out resuming the use of a mask in case of seeing harassment in the healthcare network.
In our country the subvariants of Ómicron that are present are the XBB with 129 cases and XBB 1.5 with 6 cases confirmed.
The infections of these mainly point to travelers and cases in community surveillance, however, the majority have been asymptomatic.
Aguilera reported that they urgently convened the pandemic response advisory council and also They requested the extension of the Health Alert until March 31: in this way you can count on the tools in case you have to go back in the phases of the Step-by-Step Plan.
In this line, the Microbiologist of the Andrés Bello University, Claudia Saavedra, supported not replacing the mask as an immediate measure for the discredit of thisbut he did emphasize achieving a major education campaign on the use of the mask in closed spaces.
The epidemiologist from the University of Chile, Gabriel Cavada, commented that not replacing the mask in the face of the new variables causes a weakening of self-care, since a greater campaign should be carried out once morest the use of masks on public transport and in crowds.
In a new health report, the Ministry of Health announced 4,162 new cases of coronavirus along with a national positivity of 18.2%.