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The mayor of Health, José Ángel Ponce, insists on highlighting "the good coordination that exists between all the competent administrations in the face of the situation caused by the coronavirus".

The Councilor for Health, José Ángel Ponce, highlighted, this morning, the good coordination between all the competent administrations in the face of the situation caused by the coronavirus.

From the Department of Health, its mayor, has reiterated that "we remain in permanent contact with the General Directorate of Public Health of the CARM as well as with the Management of Health Area 3, with whose manager we have just had a meeting, and we can confirm that at this time there is no confirmation of any patient affected by this virus in the Rafael Méndez hospital in Lorca. "

The mayor of Health has highlighted that "we are in a very initial phase of contagion, and the positives that exist in the Region correspond to imported cases, that is, they do not correspond to community affectation, although we cannot rule it out for the next few days in which We can get those notices of local infections. "

Ponce Díaz has once again insisted on the need to heed hygienic measures to prevent the spread of this virus, as well as "confidence in the national health system."

The mayor recalled that "any measure is adopted for the good of the population and we want to emphasize the importance of the protection of health personnel, which is what has to assist us in the event of any type of incident."

Among the recommendations that have been transferred to the Department of Health from the Ministry of Health and Area 3 is that "only go to the Health Center in case of emergency or urgency, and that any questions can be resolved over the phone, with the aim that the health services can be prepared to attend to any incident related to the virus. "

The Councilor for Health recalled that "before any symptoms, the first step would be to call 112 or 900 12 12 12" and he has made a call for calm again "since the supply of basic food is guaranteed, so that large stores should not be saturated and also resort to traditional commerce and the Plaza de Abastos that remains open, following the pertinent safety and hygiene measures. As for the 'Plaza de las Hortalizas' in the Barrio de San Cristóbal, we indicate that the merchants of this facility have decided that it will remain closed during these days. "

As for hygienic measures, the mayor recalled that "the best measure is to wash your hands and exercise extreme caution, recommendations that we are spreading throughout these days" and stated that "from the City Council we have made available to the health authorities all those municipal dependencies or spaces that were necessary, as well as Hostelor, which I want to thank, who has made available to the Consistory all its facilities and hotels to adapt its rooms to other medicalized ones ".

Finally, the mayor of Health has said that "precautions have been taken in terms of cleaning and hygiene of medical offices through the municipal company Limusa and in the next few hours, measures will be taken to concentrate if necessary medical services, all these measures that are taken and oblige us to adopt from the Murcian Health Service in terms of sanitary spaces is always to preserve the general interest and for the safety of our medical personnel who have to attend to any case related to the coronavirus and another of routine type.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca