translated from Spanish: PAHO warns: “The coming weeks could result in a very high risk of covid-19 contagions”

The representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Chile, Fernando Leanes, recognized the coronavirus vaccination process in chile, however, warned that “the coming weeks could result in a very high risk of covid-19 contagions for the high incidence of cases”.
Leanes recognized “all Chileans for their ability to anticipate vaccination and the ability to link scientific evidence generation with this process that is now so advanced. Chile is taking over the financial effort of vaccines it receives from Covax, but this is not available to many countries, so it is wonderful to be able to recognize the solidarity of donor countries to the mechanism.”
However, Leanes was angry at noting that “this would be the worst time to relax. The coming weeks could result in very high risk of covid-19 contagion due to the high incidence of cases and increased use of closed environment”, he said.
“This is happening in all the countries of the southern cone where there has been an incipient increase in cases. The authorities’ instructions must now be strictly complied with. This applies even to vaccinated people. While vaccination is a key measure to stop the pandemic, it is key that we are very clear that we can get COVID-19 even by having a complete vaccination scheme,” he added.

Original source in Spanish