En caso de viajes necesarios, la agencia de salud pidió a los ciudadanos acatar todas las medidas de seguridad. Foto: Stefani Reynolds/AFP.
Redacción.- Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), emitieron este lunes una alerta de viaje para recomendar a sus ciudadanos no visitar México por la alta incidencia de COVID-19.
Luego de pasar más de seis meses en el nivel 3, una categoría de menor riesgo según los CDC, nuestro país escaló, junto con otros 11 destinos del mundo, al nivel 4 de riesgo “muy alto” o máximo.
En su aviso oficial, los centros pidieron a sus ciudadanos no realizar viajes a menos de que sean estrictamente necesarios, por lo que instó a seguir todas las recomendaciones sanitarias, incluso si se cuentan con el esquema de vacunación completo.
“Evite viajar a México, señaló la agencia de salud estadounidense en su alerta. De igual forma sugirió una “autocuarentena” de 5 días después de viajar a México.
Entre los añadidos al nivel máximo de riesgo también aparecen cinco países de Sudamérica: Brasil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay y la Guayana Francesa.
La actualización del riesgo de contagio se da en medio de la “ola ómicron” que está viviendo México, registrando cifras récord de casos confirmados y fallecimientos desde octubre.
Precisamente el último reporte de la Secretaría de Salud federal registró 4 millones 930 mil 69 contagios y 305 mil 893 defunciones, desde que inició la pandemia de coronavirus en el mundo.
Estos son los 12 lugares añadidos a la alerta de viaje:
En total, durante la cuarta semana del año, se aplicaron 286 mil 289 vacunas.
Redacción.- Durante la cuarta semana epidemiológica del año, que fue del 23 al 29 de enero, en Jalisco se aplicaron 286 mil 289 vacunas contra COVID-19 de los diferentes laboratorios.
Del lunes 24 al sábado 29 de enero fueron aplicadas 250 mil 881 dosis de la farmacéutica AstraZeneca; 22 mil 704 dosis de los laboratorios Pfizer-BioNTech; 8 mil 470 dosis de Moderna, 4 mil 120 de Sinovac y 114 de Cansino.
La Secretaría de Salud de Jalisco (SSJ) informó que esta semana se estarán suministrando refuerzos a mayores de 40 años en interior del estado y primeras dosis a adultos rezagados; a la par que se complementarán esquemas de vacunación.
Así mismo, las embarazadas pueden acudir por su primera dosis del biológico contra el coronavirus sin importar su edad y sólo cumpliendo el requisito de contar con más de nueve semanas de gestación.
A las personas con síntomas respiratorios se les pidió mantenerse aisladas y reforzar el uso de cubrebocas en tanto acceden a una prueba de detección. Si resulta positivo mantener el aislamiento diez días (o más en caso de persistir síntomas) o siete días en caso de ser asintomáticos.
ACUMULADO CASOS SEMANAL
A la semana epidemiológica número 4 del año (del 23 al 29 de enero de 2022), se han acumulado 476 mil 457 casos confirmados de COVID-19 (29 mil 127 contagios nuevos). En este periodo se acumulan 17 mil 990 defunciones (161 notificadas durante el periodo citado).
National epidemiological map. Ministry of Health México.
Editor. – The increase of coronavirus infections in Jalisco has changed the state’s covid traffic light to yellow as of January 24, after the state had remained green during the previous two months. The change was due to the increase of positive cases in the previous 12 days of 65 percent, compared to the same period last year.
The Federal Health Ministry established that from January 24 to February 6 Jalisco and nine other states will remain yellow in the national epidemiological map. The yellow Covid traffic light means that the incidence of contagion is medium, personal sanitary measures are required , and health authorities mandate that economic and social activities operate with 75 percent capacity.
As of January 26, the Covid-19 Active Detection System, Radar Jalisco had 3,889 active cases and a cumulative total of 462,645 confirmed cases with 36 deaths and 17,917 cumulative deaths throughout the state, while Chapala had 956 cumulative positive cases and Jocotepec had 780.
Jalisco had 407,534 accumulated cases and 17,659 deaths between the first week of January and the beginning of the pandemic, while Chapala had 902 and Jocotepec 741, which have been increasing.
The Jalisco Secretary of Health will determine if the sanitary measures will be increased. The Government of Jalisco has expanded the number of public spaces – outside health centers- to perform antigen tests for those with symptoms of Covid-19, and has acquired 45 thousand additional tests to be applied randomly in public schools.
Translated Patrick O’Heffernan
En la actual temporada invernal 2021-2022, se han aplicado más de 2 millones de dosis en Jalisco.
Redacción.- En la actual temporada invernal 2021-2022, la Secretaría de Salud Jalisco (SSJ) ha aplicado más de 2 millones de dosis de la vacuna contra la influenza, logrando rebasar el 91 por ciento de la meta programada para este periodo, el cual concluye en marzo próximo.
El estado aún cuenta con dosis disponibles, por lo que la SSJ reiteró el llamado a la población en general, y de manera particular a los grupos de riesgo que no han recibido la vacuna contra la influenza, a acudir a las unidades médicas para protegerse de esta infección. Son prioridad embarazadas, niñas y niños menores de 5 años, adultos mayores de 60 años y personas que tengan alguna enfermedad crónica.
La dependencia de salud recomendó llevar a menores de 5 años, aunque no tengan su cartilla, a su unidad de salud, donde además de la vacuna contra la influenza se revisará cuáles otras le hacen falta. “Todo es gratuito, rápido, los módulos de vacunación son cada día más ágiles, no requieren cita, sólo acudir a la unidad de salud más cercana” invitó la coordinadora de Determinantes Sociales en Salud de la SSJ, María Elena Pajarito Melchor.
La funcionaria explicó que, hasta los 5 años de edad, las niñas y niños son más vulnerables a las infecciones pues sus órganos se encuentran en proceso de maduración al igual que su sistema inmunológico, este último es el que ayuda a crear defensas y poder contrarrestar los virus y las bacterias.
“Las vacunas las deben recibir los recién nacidos (BCG), después la hexavalente a los 2, 4 y 6 meses de edad y al año se aplican las vacunas contra neumococo, contra sarampión y rubéola; al año y medio se aplica de nuevo la vacuna hexavalente y luego hasta los cuatro años la vacuna para proteger contra difteria, tosferina y tétanos”, enumeró Pajarito Melchor.
Respecto a la vacuna contra la influenza, ésta debe ser aplicada a partir de los seis meses de edad, una refuerzo previo o durante cada temporada invernal, y hasta que el niño o niña cumpla los 5 años de edad, la dosis se aplica dentro del Plan de Invierno (noviembre a marzo de cada año) y tiene como fin reducir los daños a la salud derivados de la baja temperatura, la exacerbación de las enfermedades crónicas de las vías respiratorias; así como al aumento en la circulación de agentes infecciosos
La SSJ implementó en todas las unidades de salud del estado la estrategia “Ruta de la Vacuna”, cuyos protocolos sanitarios disminuyen el riesgo de contagios de COVID-19, ya que las áreas de consulta y de vacuna se encuentran separadas entre sí.
Vacunación para población Infantil
J. Vicente Negrete School started its first back-to-school cycle with considerable absence of children and educational staff. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía: With approximately 30 percent non-attendance of students and educational personnel, basic education schools in the municipality of Jocotepec returned to classes.
After it was announced (despite the worrying increase in cases of coronavirus by the omicron variant) that this Monday, January 17, basic education schools in Jalisco would return to one hundred percent of their capacity.
According to educational personnel, classes started with an average of 30 percent of non-attendance by students and teachers in the different schools in the municipality of Jocotepec.
Educational authorities, who preferred to remain anonymous, say the main reason why most of the children have not returned to classes is because their parents are sick.
Although it was not specified if they were Covid-19 positive, as stated by the interviewee who is a teacher at Jocotepec School, this first cycle of return to classes, after almost two years of distance education, started with 25 percent of students’ non-attendance and one child confirmed positive for the coronavirus.
The interviewee said one student who was sent home that same day has been the only child (so far) who has tested positive for Covid-19, «the situation is worrying and even more so after all the festivities that have taken place.»
In addition, the teacher does not see the outlook for the next two weeks in a positive light, adding that «after the holidays the parents are the ones who are infecting the children,» she said.
On the other hand, the J. Vicente Negrete school began this first school year with a 30 percent absence of students, as well as 20 percent of the teaching staff being sick.
However, in order to protect the health of the entire educational community, without affecting the training and integral development of children and young people, the Jalisco State Government announced the implementation of the strategy «Covid-19 Random Test Application Model for Educational Personnel,» a measure to be carried out in schools that started on January 19.
This strategy consists of randomly applying tests to educational personnel in the 125 municipalities of the state, with the aim of detecting positive cases and isolating those affected in a timely manner, minimizing the risk of contagion and providing appropriate follow-up to each of them.
The Secretary of Health in the state, Dr. Fernando Petersen Aranguren, announced that, «in order to carry out these actions, the Secretary of Education of the Government of the State of Jalisco (SEJ) acquired 45 thousand tests that will be given y health personnel in the Health Regions of the state.
Translated by Sydney Metrick
Upon entering the facilities of the Municipal Presidency, the sanitation protocol is carried out.
Jazmín Stengel – Chapala City Hall has registered 46 new positive cases, which totals 52 infected workers since January 3 to date, so it has decided to reinforce the sanitation measures recommended by the Jalisco Health Board in order to reduce the number of infections , the t Chapala President Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel announced.
Of the recent positive cases, 16 were recorded in the Public Safety Department and all have mild or moderate symptoms, said Elizabeth Oropeza, director of Social Communication.
President Aguirre Curiel said that «the infected have not been enough to restrict working hours, so the City Hall continues working in a regular manner», Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., while the first level officials are at the service of the community 24 hours a day.
Likewise, the recommended health measures have already been intensified, both in the municipality and within the City Hall, including immediate isolation when the first symptoms are identified, keeping a healthy distance, and the use of masks and proper disinfection inside poorly ventilated places.
The government health agencies have also made available to the community the Covid-19 testing service (antigens and antibodies), at the Municipal Clinic with a cost per test of 200 pesos, confirmed Aguirre Curiel, while at the Health Center they are offered free of charge, said its director, José de Jesús González Rodríguez thanks to an agreement signed by the Government of Chapala with the private laboratory ‘El Lago’, which performs the tests for its workers and residents who request them. To make use of this service it is only required to go to the facilities during working hours with the patient’s official identification.
Another of the preventive measures taken is the placement of banners that reiterate to visitors and the general public the health measures in force. Two of them have already been hung, the first one at the 7-Eleven at the entrance to the center of the town and the other at one at the busiest entrances of Ajijic where most tourists usually arrive.
Tourist areas, restaurants , bars, cantinas and casinos in Chapala and Ajijic, will now be monitored by the corresponding agencies to ensure compliance with sanitation measures, as well as to confirm the negative certification of their ‘Polymerase Chain Reaction’ (PCR) tests.
The inspections are also «in charge of verifying the percentage of diners in each establishment, as well as the sanitation measures recommended by the Jalisco Health Agency», said president Alejandro Aguirre in an interview. Chapala has registered a total of 919 cases to date, according to Radar Jalisco Covid-19.
Aguirre Curiel also said that «we have tried to be very prudent in this situation (large events and celebrations)» «We are going to begin to control these types of events to avoid contagions.» However the ‘Coffee, Chocolate and Wine Festival’ held on the Ajijic boardwalk on January 8 and 9 seemed to contradict this position. It had close to 50 exhibitors and few requirements regarding the use of masks or temperature takers, as Laguna witnessed during the event.
However, the public celebrations of New Year’s Eve, in front of the presidency and the Malecon of Chapala, the novenario of San Sebastian in Ajijic and the festivities of the Lourdes neighborhood in the municipal capital, were cancelled, and the delegate elections I will be suspended until the incidence of coronavirus infections in the municipality decreases, said the president Alejandro Aguirre Curiel.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
Medical personnel from the Jocotepec Health Center, who were in charge of this vaccination day, confirmed that a considerable percentage of those vaccinated were from Guadalajara
Héctor Ruiz Mejía – The return to basic education classes has presented a new challenge, since a considerable percentage of teachers in the municipality of Jocotepec could not be vaccinated because they arrived with cold symptoms and were suspected to have contracted Covid-19.
Although a total of 2,494 doses of the Moderna biologic were applied during the last vaccination day for teachers on January 12, out of the approximately 3,000 doses available, most of the vaccinated teachers were NOT from Jocotepec.
Medical personnel from the Jocotepec Health Center, who were in charge of this vaccination day, confirmed that a considerable percentage of those vaccinated were from Guadalajara.
They also pointed out that, although no figures were specified, there was a considerable percentage of Lakeside teachers who could not be vaccinated because they had symptoms, as in the case of the J. Vicente Negrete school, located in El Molino.
The principal of the school, Mayra Berenice, stated that at least 20 percent of her teaching staff did not return to classes, as they were sick and some of those had not been able to get vaccinated due to their illness.
Translated by Colleen Beery
In-person property tax and water payments are no longer required
Jazmín Stengel.- In order to facilitate municipal payments of property tax and Municipal System of Potable Water and Sewerage (SIMAPA), to the residents of Chapala from any computer, the current administration renewed the agreement that allows it to keep the digital payment platform active.
The electronic payment service will be available this January 24 or 25. Due to new security configurations, it is currently in a testing and trial stage, said Elizabeth Oropeza, director of Social Communication of the City Hall.
At the end of 2020 there were 30,200 urban and 4,600 rural property tax accounts within the municipal limits of Chapala,
The agreement with BBVA bank was renewed during the course of last week, which now allows the City Hall staff to fine-tune the final details to reactivate the platform that can be found on the official web page www.chapala.gob.mx.
Discounts previously announced in the official government pages will be respected, including 15 percent during the months of January and February, 5 percent in March and April, as well as 50 percent for pensioners, retirees, widows and senior citizens.
The platform was implemented on December 14, 2020, and will be reactivated with the intention of avoiding crowds and facilitating municipal payments to people with coronavirus, disabled or senior citizens, who prefer the digital modality.
In addition to helping to prevent the possibility of Covid-19 infection, the modernization of this type of system helps to increase collections.
In 2022 the municipal administration expects to collect revenue of 373,799,144.80 pesos, including 57,258,757 pesos for SIMAPA, according to the Revenue Budget approved in the town council session of August 30, 2021. At that time, the municipal trustee, Isaac Alberto Trejo Gracián, announced the five percent increase, due to the inflation that year after year occurs in all types of products and services.
Translated by Kerry Watson
Doña Catalina ya cuenta con esquema completo y este martes recibió la tercera dosis de la vacuna para reforzar su protección.
Redacción.- Fue en abril del año pasado cuando la señora Catalina Ramos Velasco, nacida en 1920, comenzó su pauta de vacunación contra el coronavirus, meses después completó su esquema con el segundo biológico y este martes, con 101 años cumplidos, recibió la vacuna de refuerzo para adultos mayores en el macromódulo Auditorio Benito Juárez, en Zapopan.
Con cita en mano y acompañada por su familia acudió esta vez al módulo de vacunación y compartió con entusiasmo sus impresiones al contar con su tercera vacuna: “me siento a gusto porque estoy más protegida y me trajeron para que ya no me de la enfermedad. No he tenido reacción alguna tras vacunarme. Es muy importante que todos vengan a vacunarse para que no se contagien”.
En lo que va de la pandemia, Catalina no se ha contagiado de COVID-19 pues asegura cumple todas las medidas y cuidados como uso correcto del cubrebocas, lavado de manos y evitar las aglomeraciones, al no salir mucho de casa.
Como ella, más de 380 mil personas mayores de 60 años en Jalisco ya tienen su dosis de refuerzo y la vacunación para reforzar la protección de este grupo continúa.
De las 500 mil vacunas, 380 mil 011 corresponden a personas de la tercera edad. Foto: SSJ.
Redacción.- Más de medio millón de personas en Jalisco ya han recibido la vacuna de refuerzo contra COVID-19, sea la tercera dosis para quienes se pusieron esquema doble o la segunda para quienes recibieron unidosis en su esquema original, registrándose el avance más sustancial en mayores de 60 años y en trabajadores del sector educativo.
A la fecha suman 560 mil 421 jaliscienses que ya cuentan con dosis de refuerzo, tanto vecinos del Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara (AMG), como de municipios de todo el territorio estatal; de los cuales 380 mil 011 son personas de la tercera edad y 107 mil 567 trabajadores de la educación. Asimismo, se ha protegido a 61 mil 773 trabajadores del sector salud y el resto corresponde a las personas de 50 a 59 años, grupo que la semana pasada comenzó a recibir el refuerzo.
Del lunes 17 al sábado 22 de enero (semana epidemiológica 3 del 2022) fueron aplicadas 171 mil 948 dosis de la farmacéutica AstraZeneca; 9 mil 330 dosis de laboratorios Pfizer-BioNTech; 4 mil 997 producidas por Moderna, 3 mil 075 de Sinovac y 744 de Cansino.
Esta semana, en Jalisco se estarán suministrando vacunas a cinco grupos: refuerzos a mayores de 40 años, segundas dosis a mayores de 18 años, primeras y segundas dosis a adolescentes de 14 a 17 años y primeras dosis a adultos rezagados. Además, se abrirá el sistema de citas para diversos sectores de población.
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