“We want from Monday to return to a full presence. That is why I call on all families to send their sons and daughters to educational establishments next Monday,” said Education Minister Marco Antonio Ávila during his participation in the health balance of the Ministry of Health.
In view and consideration of the challenge, the Secretary of State stressed the need to maintain protection and care measures: the use of the mask, frequent hand washing and ventilation of spaces.
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For her part, the head of the Ministry of Health, María Begoña Yarza, made a positive balance after the extension of the winter holidays due to the circulation of respiratory viruses and the increase in consultations for respiratory diseases in minors. “The result we have had in relation to the five-day break anticipated has been very good. We can say, from the point of view of emergency care, it has been a gradual, systematic and very relevant low, “said the head of the Minsal.
Dr. Yarza said that “in particular, in children under 1 year of age we have decreased emergency care by more than 80%.” And he reported that the population of children and adolescents also registered a significant decrease in health care, going from 120,000 consultations a week to about 20,000.
“Regarding those children who presented serious illnesses and, therefore, had to occupy intensive care beds, we started that week 25 with about 93% occupancy of the intensive beds, in this week we are around 75% occupancy,” added Minister Yarza.
The head of the Mineduc also had words for the extension of the winter holidays: “Adding five days to the traditional period of school recess or winter holidays has allowed us to save lives, as Minister Yarza has pointed out to us, today with the data she gives us we can say that we made the right decision, that allowed us to return to a second semester with greater presence”.
And he added that “from next Tuesday we will announce a series of measures associated with the recovery of attendance, which will always have, a very important component of the school communities, in the mayors, as supporters, to help us implement these measures.”
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