The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) released a technical note from the Covid-19 Observatory this Wednesday (12). In it, the institution alerts to the change in the scenarios of occupancy rates of ICU beds in Brazil, in the SUS network.
Countries in the Northern Hemisphere and also the United States are experiencing the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The increase in the number of cases has made the demand for health services grow as well, including hospitalizations in infirmary beds and ICU.
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In Brazil, the current scenario has also shown a strong change in the occupancy rates of ICU beds, according to Fiocruz. There is one Federation unit and four capitals in the critical alert zone. Are they:
- Pernambuco (82%)
- Fortress (88%)
- Recife (80%)
- Belo Horizonte (84%)
- Goiania (94%)
There are eight other Federation Units in the intermediate alert zone. Check it out below:
- Pará (71%)
- Tocantins (61%)
- Piauí (66%)
- Ceará (68%)
- Bahia (63%)
- Espírito Santo (71%)
- Goiás (67%)
- Federal District (74%).
In addition to them, the capitals of: Porto Velho (76%), Macapá (60%), Maceió (68%), Salvador (68%), Vitória (77%) and Brasília (74%) are also in an intermediate alert zone. .
“The coming weeks need to be monitored and it is expected that the number of new Covid-19 cases will still reach levels
much higher, putting pressure on the demand for health services, which includes infirmary and ICU beds”, informs Fiocruz.
To avoid further damage in relation to the pandemic in Brazil, Fiocruz emphasizes that it is essential to strengthen precautionary measures, with the mandatory use of masks in public places, the requirement of a vaccination passport and the encouragement of social distance.
“Without minimizing concerns about the new moment of the pandemic, it is essential to ratify the idea that there is another scenario with vaccination and the very characteristics of the manifestations of Covid-19 by Ômicron. That said, the scenario, at the moment, is incomparable to that experienced in 2021, although the large volume of cases is already demanding, by managers, attention and activation of contingency plans”, says the institution.
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