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- Title
Measures for the management of SARS-CoV-2 in Venezuela: An analysis from the data.
- Authors
Castro Trujillo, Victoria Eugenia; Castro Méndez, Julio Simón
- Abstract
Since March 13, 2020, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Venezuela. The country had a situation before the pandemic, where the notorious thing was a very important weakness of the health system, a compromised situation of hyperinflation and economic precariousness in the last four years, and a tense political situation. Although the growth of cases in the first wave was not as intense as in other countries in the region (probably related to their economic precariousness), the impact it has had on hospitals and national life has been very important. What is striking about the State's management has been a few policies that are not very transparent, not very cohesive, and very dispersed, which has made it difficult to interpret and analyze the real impact on the epidemic. It is likely that the difficulty in obtaining gasoline and an extremely reduced economy in recent years have been a negative incentive for the transmission of the virus in the population as has been seen in the African continent at this time. Despite this, vulnerability persists, the capacity for improvement and the preparation of hospitals has not been substantially modified yet. It is estimated that the number of cases may increase significantly and that consecutive waves may be repeated and increase the impact that the virus has had in other latitudes.
- Subjects
VENEZUELA; SARS-CoV-2; HEALTH policy; HOSPITAL care; DATA analysis
- Publication
Gaceta Médica de Caracas, 2020, Vol 128, pS273
- ISSN
0367-4762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47307/GMC.2020.128.s2.15