Venezuela confirmed four new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus on Monday representing an increase in the number of infected to 361, said the Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez. Through her twitter account, Rodriguez detailed that one of the cases was registered in the state of Miranda, another in Nueva Esparta, one in Lara and the other in Apure.
Queremos informar que en las últimas 24 horas hemos detectado 4 nuevos casos positivos de covid19, elevando el número a 361 casos a nivel nacional. Están distribuidos asi: 1 mujer de Apure, un hombre de Lara, un hombre de Nueva Esparta y una mujer de Miranda.
— Delcy Rodríguez (@drodriven2) May 5, 2020
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Similarly, she explained that out of the four new cases detected in the last 24 hours, three are imported from Colombia, which were detected through the Comprehensive Social Care Posts (Pasi), installed to receive all Venezuelans migrants returning to Venezuela via the Colombian border. The last recorded case is of community transmission.
De los casos detectados, 3 son importados de Colombia, captados a través de los PASI fronterizos, y 1 de transmisión comunitaria.Hoy el Pdte @NicolasMaduro participó en una Cumbre del MNOAL con el SG Guterres y el director @DrTedros para compartir información sobre esta pandemia!
— Delcy Rodríguez (@drodriven2) May 5, 2020
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It should be noted that the Venezuelan health authorities are applying all the epidemiological protocols recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to compatriots who are returning to the country.
Therefore, when the person enters the territory, a rapid screening test is done. In the case of Táchira, the compatriots remain 14 days in a health center and before continuing the trip to their destination state, they undergo another test. Upon arrival at their destination, a new screening should be performed.
So far, Venezuela has a death toll of 10, as well as 158 recovered cases from the outbreak.
Featured image: Scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (in blue), highly infected with particles of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (yellow), isolated from a patient sample of a Covid-19 patient. Credits: NIAID at Fort Detrick, Maryland
Translated by JRE/EF
