Medical authorities encourage residents not to lower their guard and to complete their vaccination schedule
Authorities of the Community Hospital of Jocotepec reported a downward trend in Covid-19 infections. Photo: Archive.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- Although an influx of about 18 thousand people is expected during Holy Week and Easter in Jocotepec, medical authorities did not predict an increase in Covid-19 infections.
«The truth is that we do not see much danger for this holiday period, since the virus is not currently circulating. We anticipate a scenario similar to January, when the virus was active and yet parties were held,» informed a doctor from the Community Hospital of Jocotepec, who preferred to withhold his name.
As an example, during the month of March, the Hospital did not register a single positive case or hospitalization due to coronavirus.
However, the doctor indicated that in spite of the favorable downturn in the number of contagions in the municipality, the bigger picture of the effectiveness of the vaccination campaign in the last few weeks has been worrisome.
Participation recently has been almost «nil» within the community. Earlier in the campaign, approximately three- to four thousand doses were administered over a three-day period, whereas now only 500 doses were administered over two weeks.
For this reason, the doctor urged residents not to lower their guard and to complete the recommended schedule of vaccines. As of to date, the last day vaccinations will be available is Friday, April 8, and the Ministry of Health of Jalisco (SSJ) has not indicated when the campaign might continue.
As a result of the decrease in positive cases at the state level, the Jalisco Board of Health updated the public sanitary measures for Covid-19 on March 17, 2022: public establishments can return to one hundred percent capacity, and no prohibitions were issued for the holiday period.
Translated by Rebecca Zittle
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