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Guatemala Registers Coronavirus Outbreak in a Textile Maquila
Of those tests sent to the laboratory, "there are 18 positives," said the report from the health center.
EFE
A textile maquila located on the southern outskirts of Guatemala City registered an outbreak of coronavirus contagions of more than 20 people and another 35 pending to know their results, according to information released this Monday by the Human Rights Ombudsman.
Due to the probable outbreak of infections, the ombudsman, Jord?n Rodas, recommended that the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance “quarantine more than 900 workers at the textile factory”, located in the metropolitan municipality of San Miguel Petapa, about 15 kilometers from the center of the Guatemalan capital.
The Office of the Public Prosecutor published a letter from the San Miguel Petapa health center, addressed to the Health Area of Guatemala Sur, from the Government's health portfolio, in order to notify the series of infections and clinical evaluations to people in the social networks. factory last week.
In the letter, the health center announced to the health authorities that on May 12 six people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the KP Textil factory, so a group was organized the following two days doctor and nurse to evaluate 208 people, although they only performed 32 swabs.
Of those tests sent to the laboratory, "there are 18 positives," said the report from the health center, to which were added the first six cases; in addition to “66 suspicious people”.
The health center recorded in the letter that the owners of the maquila had provided "little collaboration to carry out the actions of health personnel in relation to the evaluation of patients", because "lack of time affects the production ”, as they argued.
In addition, the medical team found that the owners of the maquila had "classified from the time of entry the people they considered symptomatic or suspicious to be evaluated and the rest of the people were sent back home," so the Health personnel failed to observe the workers in their daily activities.
The mayor of San Miguel Petapa, Mynor Morales, pronounced this Monday in a radio interview that he was concerned about the situation, because "the owners of the maquila did not want to provide the corresponding collaboration to make swabs for different people."
Due to the generation of the viral outbreak, Morales declared the municipality "in emergency", in order to "take the corresponding measures and contain the spread of the virus."
Guatemala reached a total of 1,912 positive cases of COVID-19 this Sunday, of which 35 have died, 138 have recovered, two have died of causes beyond infection and 1,737 are still active.
46 minutes ago
Guatemala Registers Coronavirus Outbreak in a Textile Maquila
Of those tests sent to the laboratory, "there are 18 positives," said the report from the health center.
EFE
A textile maquila located on the southern outskirts of Guatemala City registered an outbreak of coronavirus contagions of more than 20 people and another 35 pending to know their results, according to information released this Monday by the Human Rights Ombudsman.
Due to the probable outbreak of infections, the ombudsman, Jord?n Rodas, recommended that the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance “quarantine more than 900 workers at the textile factory”, located in the metropolitan municipality of San Miguel Petapa, about 15 kilometers from the center of the Guatemalan capital.
The Office of the Public Prosecutor published a letter from the San Miguel Petapa health center, addressed to the Health Area of Guatemala Sur, from the Government's health portfolio, in order to notify the series of infections and clinical evaluations to people in the social networks. factory last week.
In the letter, the health center announced to the health authorities that on May 12 six people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the KP Textil factory, so a group was organized the following two days doctor and nurse to evaluate 208 people, although they only performed 32 swabs.
Of those tests sent to the laboratory, "there are 18 positives," said the report from the health center, to which were added the first six cases; in addition to “66 suspicious people”.
The health center recorded in the letter that the owners of the maquila had provided "little collaboration to carry out the actions of health personnel in relation to the evaluation of patients", because "lack of time affects the production ”, as they argued.
In addition, the medical team found that the owners of the maquila had "classified from the time of entry the people they considered symptomatic or suspicious to be evaluated and the rest of the people were sent back home," so the Health personnel failed to observe the workers in their daily activities.
The mayor of San Miguel Petapa, Mynor Morales, pronounced this Monday in a radio interview that he was concerned about the situation, because "the owners of the maquila did not want to provide the corresponding collaboration to make swabs for different people."
Due to the generation of the viral outbreak, Morales declared the municipality "in emergency", in order to "take the corresponding measures and contain the spread of the virus."
Guatemala reached a total of 1,912 positive cases of COVID-19 this Sunday, of which 35 have died, 138 have recovered, two have died of causes beyond infection and 1,737 are still active.
