San Miguel FAQ

Mar 14, 2020:

• Ssa will implement scenario 2 measures in the face of increased cases,
• First suspected case in SMA,
• No suspected cases in GTO,
• SMA CV testing protocol,
• Testing rates,
• To contain Covid-19 cases it is necessary to multiply the tests,
• How canceled events and self-quarantines save lives,
• Nancy Pelosi, Trump administration reach deal on coronavirus aid package,
• CV: many infections spread by people yet to show symptoms – scientists,
• Health explains the next phase and when there would be closings,
• Covid-19 CV Data Pack,
• 7 simple steps to protect yourself and others,
• Coronavirus news roundup,
• Coronavirus links and resources,
• Wash your hands!

Coronavirus Update is now a separate daily feature.

Official names have been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19 (previously known as “2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names are:
Disease: coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Virus: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) — WHO

Ssa will implement scenario 2 measures in the face of an increase in coronavirus cases
Hugo López-Gatell, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, reported this Friday that the health authorities will begin to implement measures corresponding to scenario number 2 due to the increase in confirmed cases of the new coronavirusin Mexico.

The aforementioned, after reporting that in the last 24 hours 11 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed, with which there are 26 infected.

Likewise, he indicated that the Ministry of Health is currently evaluating mass concentration events and announced that the agency will issue a brief this Saturday to urge public and private entities to suspend their non-essential services such as seminars, classes, forums, among others. ...

However, he clarified, although measures of the second scenario will be applied, they will not be implemented en bloc and not throughout the national territory.
Ssa will implement scenario 2 measures in the face of an increase in coronavirus cases (sp).
See also: Government decides today about school activities after the Coronavirus pandemic (sp).

San Miguel de Allende records its first suspected case of Coronavirus March 13 3:35pm.
(See update, next)
San Miguel de Allende, Celaya and León present 9 suspected cases of # Coronavirus. The one from San Miguel de Allende traveled to California, the one from Celaya went to Japan and 4 more from León who went to Italy. 13 more people are under study. # Covid19 @SaludGuanajuato informs that there is ...
San Miguel de Allende records its first suspected case of Coronavirus (sp).
See also: They analyze a suspected case of Coronavirus in San Miguel de Allende (sp).
See also: Open Guanajuato Health page to know about Coronavirus (sp), and, coronavirus.guanajuato.gob.mx (sp).

No suspected cases of COVID-19 March 13 6:38 pm.
Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende do not have confirmed cases of # Coronavirus.

The Secretariat of @SaludGuanajuato is the official source, see more about the #COVIDー19 in http://coronavirus.guanajuato.gob.mx

Wash your hands constantly, do not touch your face and follow the other recommendations.

9 Guanajuato, among which was the case of # SanMiguelDeAllende, are ruled out by the State Public Health Laboratory in coordination with the # INDRE, when leaving negative to the test of covid-19.

Díaz Martínez explained that Guanajuato is in a phase one stage, this means that there are no positive cases of Covid-19, and there is still no community transmission, unlike in other parts of the country where 14 cases have already been confirmed. positive and 125 thousand cases across the planet.

Regarding phase one in which Guanajuato is currently, he clarified that since there are no cases and having only three under study, there is no need to suspend classes, or massive, or public events, however, this can change at any time.
No suspected cases of COVID-19 (sp).

SMA Coronavirus testing protocol
This is not an officially suspected cases. It does not meet the testing protocols.
A neighbor here in San Miguel de Allende thinks she may have contracted COVID-19 but can't get tested for it. A friend who is also sick was visiting with her here and has since returned to Canada. The friend was tested Friday morning in Canada and expects results in 24 to 48 hours.

Her full post is linked below on both Facebook and Google Groups.

Joey Merrifield ARNP (advanced registered nurse practitioner ) and Medical Liason, intervened to try to get her tested and confirms much of the story including the testing protocol: "The protocols which Dra Chao sent me - Spanish - states that no one can get tested here in SMA if they have not had a known contact or have not entered Mexico from China, S. Korea, Italy, Germany, SA, CA, etc. Canada is not in the list." (I don't what CA in the list refers to or if it is a typo; maybe California?).
Facebook Civil List: COVID19. IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!
Google Groups Civil List: Covid19 IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!

Testing rates
SHAMEFUL - America has done 23 tests per million people - Korea 3692 tests per million people. US is 160x behind! Japan is very behind too. Same with UK, Netherlands, and Italy- but much better than US.

As of Tuesday night, the Mexican Health Ministry said it had performed 278 tests.
Mexico Low Coronavirus Count Spurs Doubts About Testing Rate
(GW: Mexico: 278 / 139 million = 2 tests per million people. That's less than any of the countries on the chart.)

To contain Covid-19 cases it is necessary to multiply the tests: specialist
The infectologist and former national commissioner for the prevention and control of influenza AH1N1 in 2009, Alejadro Macías, assured that to contain Covid-19 cases, the federal government will have to multiply the tests.

He estimated that on average for the 32 states of the country, an average of 4 to 6 tests would have to be done, so that they would be 120 tests daily. And with it have better coverage to identify possible cases.

The specialist commented that limiting the tests only to the cases that present the symptoms, and have been exposed to infected patients, limits the timely detection, since they can be confused with those of influenza.
To contain Covid-19 cases it is necessary to multiply the tests: specialist (sp).

At the same time, Mexico has seen an increase in deaths being contributed to seasonal influenza, which without testing could be misdiagnosed due to the similarities between influenza and the coronavirus. ...

Currently, Mexico is only allowing testing for people who have known direct contact with the 8 confirmed cases in Mexico or recent travels to high-risk areas.

“It’s likely that they’ve missed some cases and will continue to do so if they don’t increase testing,” says Alejandro Macias, the former national commissioner for influenza in Mexico during the H1N1 outbreak.
Mexico's answer to the Coronavirus: Don't test.

How canceled events and self-quarantines save lives, in one chart

The main uncertainty in the coronavirus outbreak in the United States now is how big it will get, and how fast. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Nancy Messonnier told reporters on March 9, “many people in the US will at some point, either this year or next, get exposed to this virus.”

According to infectious disease epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch at Harvard, it’s “plausible” that 20 to 60 percent of adults will be infected with Covid-19 disease. So far, 80 percent of cases globally have been mild, but if the case fatality rate is around 1 percent (which several experts say it may be), a scenario is possible of tens or hundreds of thousands of deaths in the US alone.

Yet the speed at which the outbreak plays out matters hugely for its consequences. What epidemiologists fear most is the health care system becoming overwhelmed by a sudden explosion of illness that requires more people to be hospitalized than it can handle. In that scenario, more people will die because there won’t be enough hospital beds or ventilators to keep them alive.
How canceled events and self-quarantines save lives, in one chart.

Nancy Pelosi, Trump administration reach deal on coronavirus aid package
The “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” will guarantee free tests for all Americans, including the uninsured, and provide two weeks of paid sick leave for those affected by the health crisis, Pelosi said.

It will also provide up to three months of paid family and medical leave and strengthened unemployment Insurance for those facing layoffs amid the health and economic crisis.

The aid package will also strengthen food banks, seniors’ meals and the food stamps program, known as SNAP.
Nancy Pelosi, Trump administration reach deal on coronavirus aid package.

Coronavirus: many infections spread by people yet to show symptoms – scientists

Many coronavirus infections may be spread by people who have recently caught the virus and have not yet begun to show symptoms, scientists have found.

An analysis of infections in Singapore and Tianjin in China revealed that two-thirds and three-quarters of people respectively appear to have caught it from others who were incubating the virus but still symptom-free.
Coronavirus: many infections spread by people yet to show symptoms – scientists.

Coronavirus: Health explains the next phase of case detection and when there would be school and office closings
Coronavirus: Health explains the next phase of case detection and when there would be school and office closings.

At the moment, said Alomía Zegarra, Mexico continues in Scenario 1, since no cases of community transmission have been identified, that is, of people who contracted the disease in the country, without being in contact with any of the imported cases.

However, he mentioned, it is something that “is going to happen” in the coming days, and then Mexico would move to Scenario 2, where with community transmission there will be hundreds of cases of COVID-19 in the country.

According to what was said in the morning conference by Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell, taking as a reference what happened in Europe and the United States, in about 15 days, at the end of March, Mexico would be entering the community transmission phase, Scenario 2.
Coronavirus: Health explains the next phase of case detection and when there would be school and office closings.

Covid-19 Coronavirus Data Pack

informationisbeautiful Covid-19 Coronavirus Data Pack.

7 simple steps to protect yourself and others

Coronavirus news roundup

• Global / General
• South Korea’s coronavirus response is the opposite of China and Italy – and it’s working.
• Why do some countries still have next to no recorded outbreaks of coronavirus?
• Europe is now the ‘epicenter’ of the coronavirus pandemic, WHO says.
• How much is coronavirus spreading under the radar?
• 3 of Iceland’s coronavirus cases have been traced to Denver.
• Worried about coronavirus? If your loved one is over 60, read this.
• Britain takes different approach to coronavirus outbreak, leaving some asking why.
• Mexico
• Mexico has confirmed 26 cases.
• Four confirmed cases in Querétaro (sp).
• Chairman of Mexico Stock Exchange Tests Positive for Coronavirus.
• El Universal Coronavirus tag (sp).
• Companies, hotels and restaurants get ready for a possible coronavirus contingency.
• Massive Activities Suspended Due to Coronavirus (sp).
• Periódico Correo Coronavirus tag (sp).
• Panic buying, events called off before widespread Covid-19 outbreak.
• Why so few (confirmed) cases of coronavirus? Deputy minister explains. (GW: Maybe the low testing rate is also a factor?)
• 5 cruise ship arrivals at Cozumel canceled due to coronavirus fears.
• Mexico to keep airports open.
• Denied access to US, travelers from Europe to remain in Mexico.
• Mexico will not close borders or prohibit arrival of flights or cruise ships due to coronavirus.
• United States
• U.S. Coronavirus Testing Gets A Potential Breakthrough.
• Coronavirus Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy By Local Health Officials.
• Louisiana postpones presidential primary due to coronavirus.
• Here's what a massive coronavirus lockdown would look like in the U.S.
• Trump's European travel restrictions take effect (Friday). Here's what you need to know.
• Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities.
• 'Don't believe the numbers you see': Johns Hopkins professor says up to 500,000 Americans have coronavirus.
• CDC map shows locations of coronavirus cases in the U.S.
• Trump declares national emergency to combat coronavirus, authorizes waiving of laws and regulations.
• Tracking Every Coronavirus Case in the U.S.: Full Map.
• California schools closed and events cancelled as state escalates Coronavirus response.
• Man awaiting result of coronavirus test at Washington quarantine motel ignored security guard and left.
• Coronavirus in NY: Attendance plummets as pressure mounts on de Blasio to close schools.
• Illinois officials announce 14 new coronavirus cases.
• Ohio official was 'guesstimating' statement that 100,000 people have coronavirus.
• The 13 airports that will let Americans in from Europe: Trump's coronavirus travel ban kicks in but citizens who return WON'T be tested or quarantined at 'funnel points'.
• JetBlue Permanently Bans Passenger Who Tested Positive For Coronavirus Mid-Flight.
• 'We are not cattle.'
• Cancelations and Rising Confusion: This Week’s Coronavirus News.
• Canada
• Ottawa shuts down.
• Justin Trudeau announces sweeping steps to tackle coronavirus in Canada.
• No One Knows How the Coronavirus Will Impact Canadian Real Estate, But Here Are My Thoughts.

Coronavirus links and resources

• CNN: Coronavirus live updates Mar 14.
• The Atlantic: What you need to know about the coronavirus.
• Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus.
• Live Map: COVID-19 in real time.
• John Hopkins: Coronavirus Resource Center.
• CDC: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
• CDC: Coronavirus Disease 2019 Information for Travel.
• Mexico General Directorate of Epidemiology: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Daily Technical Communication.
• Guanajuato Secretaría de Salud | Coronavirus | Twitter.
• WHO: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
• Wikipedia: 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
• Worldometer: Coronavirus.
• Google: Coronavirus (last 24 hours).
• Google: Coronavirus Mexico (last 24 hours).
• Google: Coronavirus Canada (last 24 hours).

Wash your hands!

If that small taste was not enough:

Wash your hands, don't touch your face, avoid crowds, and practice social distancing.

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