What are the health effects of the gases detected Monday in the metropolitan area of ​​Monterrey?

although Minister of Health to The new lion I did not come Patients with uncomfortable because of Aromatherapy who logged in Monday in it metropolitan area to montereyIt is still too early to tell if the people of the region suffered from it affectation Why do you have to wait for the results? environment.

Alma Rosa Marroquín, chief of the health department, reported that on March 13, only 13 reports were received to 911.

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“But (the calls) were just to report what happened, not because they felt bad,” he said.

The official acknowledged that the situation is already sad for the citizens.

“We were very careful to identify any patients with respiratory irritation or problem resulting from these odors,” Marroquin revealed.

He added that he could ensure there were no reports of hospitalized patients or those who needed emergency care.

However, the state official acknowledged that there are implications for people’s health.

We are waiting for the official part only to assess the possible impact on health in the future. We are waiting for the final report from the Ministry of Environment to assess the impact of this on health in the future, and we hope that it will not happen.”

Three years after the arrival of covid

Nuevo León’s Minister of Health recounted the three years since the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Nuevo León, recognizing all medical workers for their work.

In these three years of the epidemic in Nuevo León, 656,299 cases and 16,753 deaths have been recorded.

A total of 10,998,072 doses were administered, of which 297,300 were achieved thanks to the cross-border vaccination strategy, which mainly targets girls and boys.

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The covid pandemic traffic light remains green, with hospital occupancy of 2.5% and 0.8% of patients in intensive care. As of March 15, 321 new cases, one death, and 59 people have been hospitalized; Four of them are in intensive care.