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San Salvador, Oct 6 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Vladimir Chicas) Personnel of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador began Wednesday with the implementation of the covid-19 vaccine, door to door.
San Salvador, Jul 14 (EFE).- A ban on mass public and private gatherings for 90 days, amid the rise in covid-19 cases, came into effect in El Salvador on Wednesday, after its publication in the Official Gazette. El Salvador’s congress voted Tuesday night to impose a 90-day ban on concerts, sporting events, rallies and other mass gatherings. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS ADMINISTER DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE TO SALVADORANS, IN SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR.
Madrid, Mar 23 (EFE).- Spain began distributing rapid testing kits on Monday in a bid to speed up diagnoses in the most exposed and vulnerable sectors of society amid rising cases of the coronavirus in the country.The first of these kits will be used on health workers, who make up 11.8 percent of all Covid-19 cases in Spain, according to the health minister, Salvador Illa.He told a press conference that a batch of 8,000 items - part of an order for 640,000 - had already been distributed in the Madrid region, the worst-hit area of Spain, and that another 50,000 that will be sent across the country were due to arrive on Tuesday.FOOTAGE COURTESY OF THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT.SOUNDBITES OF HEALTH MINISTER SALVADOR ILLA AND MINISTER OF ECONOMY NADIA CALVIÑO.
Mexico City, Jun 6 (EFE).- A shortage of ventilators for Covid-19 patients has forced Mexico to import them, but that is set to change in the coming weeks when a no-frills version made entirely of domestically sourced parts enters production.The 28-member biomedical engineering team at the Salvador Zubiran National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition developed the VSZ-20 ventilator in a record time of less than two months.Some coronavirus patients reach a point where they can no longer breathe on their own, requiring "support from a ventilator that performs the functions of the lungs," the head of the team, Fanny Alvarado, told Efe. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: THE VSZ-20 VENTILATOR AT THE SALVADOR ZUBIRAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NUTRITION IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: JUAN JESUS MEJIA, AN ENGINEER IN THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE SALVADOR ZUBIRAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NUTRITION; AND FANNY ALVARADO, HEAD OF THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE SALVADOR ZUBIRAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NUTRITION (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: JUAN JESUS MEJIA - It's not just connect the machine and you're done. It's understanding various important parameters such as volume, pressure, the resistance of the patient. (00:19-00:32).FANNY ALVARADO - It will be to support all the hospitals in Mexico and if at some moment it's needed in other countries, we will certainly be able to commercialize it. (01:20-01:31).
San Salvador, Jan 11 (EFE).- El Salvador saw an increase in the need of health services as a result of the novel coronavirus, whose daily cases have been on the rise in the past week, said Minister of Health, Francisco Alabi, on Monday. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS TRANSFER SICK PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL AND PEOPLE GET TESTED FOR COVID-19 IN SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR.
San Salvador, Jul 13 (EFE), (camera: Vladimir Chicas) .- The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on Tuesday prohibited mass public and private concentrations for 90 days when the country registers a rise in daily cases of covid-19.
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