Many are wondering what steps will be taken in the summer to get a positive covid test. Many are now apprehensive about the entry to an eighth wave coronavirus, having passed a seventh “almost ghost”.
Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians encourages the use of masks indoors, in public transport and when there are large crowds. Because infections are on the increase.
Quique Bassat, a pediatrician, epidemiologist, and researcher at Barcelona Institute for Global Health, stated that “if you have a dinner, and 4 or 5 people are infected, then this variant will infect 14 or 15”. He was speaking to Ser Catalunya’s ‘Aqui Catalunya.
Bassat also pointed out that mathematical models predicted that we would reach the peak in infections in just two to three weeks, right in the middle summer. The epidemiologist says that every year, when summer arrives, we feel happier because we travel more and it coincides with our vacations as health workers.
The Ministry of Health has already approved the fourth dose of the vaccine for people over 80. It will be available for the general population in the fall, but no specific date has been set.
Bassat emphasizes the importance of vaccination for the entire population.
According to the Barcelona Institute for Global Health researcher, “a clinical picture mildly impacts those who have been vaccinated.” Although the virus isn’t more severe, we are better protected. He emphasizes that anyone who isn’t vaccinated can contract this virus and could be suffering from a serious illness.
The Health Protocols in relation to the Control of Covid-19 in the General Population state that mild to moderately symptomatic cases can be treated in isolation and close relatives will not need to be quarantined. Wearing a mask for at least 10 days is recommended for infected persons.
