Although the largest group of vaccinated people are people over 60, at the same time most of these people die from COVID-19. In the era of the fifth wave, seniors should limit contacts with other people - appealed on Sunday Deputy Minister of He alth Waldemar Kraska.
A representative of the he alth ministry emphasized on Sunday that"vaccination to some extent protects us against severe course, hospitalization before death, but it certainly does not protect us against infection".
The deputy minister pointed out that the group of people over 60 in our country accounts for 78% of all people who are vaccinated. In this age range, this is quite a high rate, but it should be noted that the vast majority of people dying after losing the fight against coronavirus are people over 60.
Kraska appealed to seniors to limit contacts with other people.
"Let's hold out for a dozen more weeks (…) Here the statistics are merciless. These people have many comorbidities. Every infection, every infection with coronavirus can definitely worsen their he alth. Hence my appeal: let's comply With all of our recommendations, let's limit contacts. I hope it's a few more weeks and we'll be slowly recovering from this fifth wave " - he said.
The deputy head of the he alth ministry added that with the daily number of infections at 50,000 cases, 15 percent of them are people over 60 years of age, that is approx. 7-7.5 thousand. infected.
A direct examination of a patient over 60 years of age by a primary care physician within 48 hours of the detection of the infection may reduce the number of people who will die from COVID-19.
"We have a lot of these deaths. This is one of the methods that - I hope - will allow us to avoid unnecessary deaths"- he noted.