The Deputy Minister of Public Health and the Covid-19 Plan of the Community of Madrid, Antonio Zapatero , has indicated this Friday that an increase in the presence of the Colombian strain of Covid-19 has been detected and has warned of the “constant dripping” of cases that enter through the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport.
At a press conference to report on the epidemiological situation in the Community of Madrid, accompanied by Elena Andradas , the Director of Public Health, the Deputy Minister explained that two new cases of the Indian strain have been detected this week but that they are detecting the presence of “other strains” that “concern” them, as is the case of the increase in the Colombian variant. The latter has a ‘484’ mutation and may cause ‘some problem related to vaccines’.
The presence of the British strain decreases and stands at 85-90%. However, Zapatero has pointed out that the PCRs that are performed in Barajas on most travelers have “very high viral loads” and he is surprised “that they can travel with that viral load without any kind of control.”
“There is a constant trickle of cases and they are arriving from the airport. The effective and efficient surveillance of Barajas must be given the importance it needs once and for all “, has launched the deputy minister, who has criticized the proposal of the Ministry of Health as” outdated and nonsense for citizens. “
Zapatero has insisted that the Government of Spain “fulfill its function, which is to control foreign health .” As the deputy councilor has stated, the Ministry only makes “a control to 7% of the passengers” so it “surprises” him that a citizen with a positive PCR can be allowed to board.
«There is an important arrival of citizens with positive antigen. We are doing only 7%, which could multiply by 9 the people who enter our country without any type of control. They should value controlling 100% of arrivals from countries with high incidence. It would be a great advance for the control of the pandemic, “he proposed.
