Colombia enters 5th wave of COVID-19 pandemic

BOGOTA, July 9 (Bernama) — Colombia has entered the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, so residents ought to reinforce self-care measures and get vaccinated towards the virus, Minister of Well being and Social Safety Fernando Ruiz mentioned Friday.

“Evidently we’re within the fifth peak. It has been spreading in several cities, particularly in city areas … the variety of deaths from yesterday (Thursday) signifies a relative stability in comparison with the earlier week,” Ruiz mentioned, reported Xinhua.

The official identified that individuals over 70 years outdated have been most affected when making an allowance for final week’s loss of life toll, whereas hospitalisations have been up amongst unvaccinated younger individuals.

“These two teams are extremely delicate. Younger individuals, as a result of a major group has not been vaccinated, and in older adults, the problem of the booster is extraordinarily necessary,” he defined.

Ruiz additionally confused the necessity to speed up testing to establish new circumstances in time, emphasising that though the Omicron variant of the virus is dominant within the nation and fewer deadly than others, it may nonetheless trigger problems.

“We count on a reasonably busy two or three weeks of infections, adopted by a discount… that is the time for getting vaccinated and being conscious of a larger danger,” the minister warned.

The South American nation registered 23,667 COVID-19 infections and 132 deaths in a single week, bringing the entire quantity to six,198,848 circumstances and 140,202 deaths, in accordance with the newest Well being Ministry report.

— BERNAMA

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