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Spike in cases
By Kumudini Hettiarachchi and Ruqyyaha Deane
View(s): Here are the highlights of Friday’s media briefing at the Health Promotion Bureau chaired by Director Dr. Ranjith Batuwanthudawe.
Clinical Technical Lead of the Home-based Care System and Consultant Family Physician, Dr. Malkanthi Galhena said that there is an increase in COVID-19 patients seeking home-based care.
- The highest number of cases was reported on January 27. Over the past two weeks, from January 17 onwards there has been a spike in cases, with around 930 patients being reported on January 26.
- Currently, 6,423 patients are receiving medical treatment.
- Since the beginning of the pandemic, of the 600,000 patients, 139,870 have been managed in the home-care setting.
- Consultant Physician Dr. Upul Dissanayake of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL):
- There is a spike in the number of COVID-19 patients at NHSL but they have sought admission due to other conditions such as heart attacks. Of the few who have sought treatment for COVID-19, many have not got the vaccine.
- If Omicron spreads rapidly there will be more patients. Therefore, it is important to get the booster and adhere to the health guidelines such as wearing face-masks, maintaining physical distancing and hand-washing, etc.
- The Omicron wave has started and we are witnessing the ‘tsunami’ phase. Once in the community, it will spread rapidly and we hope it will end soon. I feel that the virus has spread more than what is being seen in the statistics. Those who catch it do not test themselves anymore or get admitted to hospital.
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