Coronavirus in Argentina | “No one is pro quarantine, we are anti-death,” said one of the doctors who advise the government.

One of the infectious medicine doctors who advises the Government in the fight against coronavirus said “nobody is pro quarantine” and it was defined as “anti death”. Pedro Cahn considered that isolation “made life difficult for everyone”, but that it is a key measure to reduce infections.

He warned that in countries like Brazil, whose president Jair Bolsonaro is strongly opposed to restrictions to contain cases, they occurred thousands of deaths. He clarified that isolation “is not an invention of Argentina” and that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended its application.

He admitted that the measure generates exhaustion in society, which was evidenced by a greater movement on the street. “I am not a fanatic, we are tired, it complicated life for all of us “, said. In this context, he clarified that no one is “pro quarantine”. “We are anti death, anti humanitarian disaster,” he said.

He warned that in areas where social distancing was not met, the growth in infections was much greater than in those where the measure was applied. In fact, the Secretary of Access to Health Carla Vizzotti He explained that in the humble neighborhoods of the City, infections represent almost 30% of the total number of cases in the district (519, out of a total of 1,796).

Cahn supported the Detect program (Strategic Testing Device for Coronavirus in the Ground in Argentina), which will analyze people with COVID-19 symptoms in poor neighborhoods to give them early attention and isolate them, in case they carry the virus. “He will go to the houses and analyze those who have a fever. It is a active case search, a useful strategy to fight COVID-19, “he said in dialogue with Radio 10.

He also recalled that in the last stage of the quarantine, called “new normal”, it must be strictly observed with the preventive measures to avoid contagions and that otherwise flexibilization could be reversed. “At that stage we may have to go back if we are not responsible, “he said.