As the incidence of Covid-19 infection in the north shore corridor has surged this month, public anxiety over the identification of patients and persons they may have exposed has likewise been on the rise.
Dr. Ramiro Gil Pérez, chief of Jalisco’s Region Sanitaria IV, who oversees public health in lakeshore communities, provided the Guadalajara Reporter with an explanation of how health authorities handle contact tracing.
He indicated that the process begins with the registration of suspect cases when an individual showing Covid-19 symptoms submits to a PCR nose and throat swab screening. Residents of Chapala are channeled to the Hospital Comunitario de Jocotepec for testing. At that time, Ministry of Health (SSJ) personnel work up an epidemiological study that includes the patient’s personal information, medical history and pertinent data on persons with whom he or she had close contact over three days prior to the first sign of symptoms.
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