The Government of Baja California Sur already operates the sanitary filter at the Los Cabos Airport, both in the area of ​​international and national arrivals, this in continuity of the surveillance and epidemiological control actions that it gradually strengthens to face to the challenge of the new coronavirus, informed the secretary of the branch in the entity, Víctor George Flores.

The state official indicated that at the moment no suspicious case has been identified in this sanitary filter, nor in those that are already working in the secondary checkpoints that the Ministry of Public Security has at the La Paz Airport, in the Port of Pichilingue. , on the transpeninsular highway, at the level of the Calafia neighborhood of the state capital, and at the Comondú aerodrome.

In the next few days, these filters will be enabled in the other secondary revision points that are operated in access areas to the entity. In the filters that are already enabled, a digital thermometer is used to randomly measure people's body temperature and a brief screening is carried out to check for respiratory symptoms, while printed material is offered on the sanitary measures that must be followed to prevent this type of infections, which also offers a phone number that the Ministry of Health enabled (6121995386) for visitors or the general population to request guidance on the subject, the official added.

These points were supplied with antibacterial gel to sanitize the hands and sensitize visitors to the importance of this simple, but decisive habit to avoid respiratory infections. These filters are operated by elements of Public Security who were previously trained by the Ministry of Health, as part of the strategies coordinated by the director of the State Regime for Social Protection in Health (REPSS), Ana Luisa Guluarte Castro, who was designated as coordinator of institutional efforts to meet this challenge, said George Flores.

In case of identifying any person with fever, the staff of these filters notify the Ministry of Health to determine if they meet the criteria of the operational definition of suspected cases of coronavirus issued by the federal authority on the matter and, if thus, implement the sanitary control measures that are the taking of the sample, the home isolation and the study of contacts.

The Secretary of Health indicated that until last Friday there were six cases in BCS suspected of the new coronavirus that met the operational definition, but all the samples, which were analyzed by accredited laboratories, had negative results. With this, it is possible to indicate that until this Sunday the entity is still free of the disease, but it is important that we all follow the preventive measures, which is to wash our hands continuously, avoid touching our faces with dirty hands, not wave hands, kiss or hug, rest at home in case of presenting respiratory symptoms and go to the doctor when difficulty breathing occurs.