"We have ten days to prepare after quarantine."
- The Sixth, in the program Al Rojo Vivo, interviewed the Catalan scientist and researcher Oriol Mitjà. The investigator has indicated that it should be prepared for the day after the lockdown, otherwise the number of infections will increase again. It has called on the government and companies to purchase the mass tests before the end of the quarantine by 13 April.
The researcher has stressed that, even after the quarantine, COVID-19 will be there and will remain as aggressive as it is now. On 13 April, unless there is another order from the Spanish Government, the citizens, including those from Hego Euskal Herria, will go to the streets, open their shops and people will go to work. The scientist has shown concern about the approach of 13 April and has insisted on the need for a strategy.
It has asked the Government and companies to start buying rapid serological tests, explaining what the rapid serological tests would be for: According to estimates by the mathematical modeler at Imperial College London and others, the number of coronavirus infections has increased between 5% and 15% of the population in the Spanish State. That means that these people are not going to be able to infect anyone and that they are not going to be able to get infected again, because they have achieved immunity. However, those who have passed the disease may not know that they have been sick. Therefore, the scientist proposes carrying out rapid serological tests by April 13, the first day of quarantine completion. A small bite on the finger and the result will be known in 15 minutes. If the evil has passed, then the trail will appear, so this person knows that he can do his daily life without any risk.
What to do with the millions of non-immunized citizens? The scientist proposes to look for ways to identify symptoms in time. In case of mild symptoms, we should go to the health centers and do the kind of test that has been done so far or a quick test that gives results in fifteen minutes. He has reported how different tests are being conducted in several communities of the Spanish State using their own cell phones. For example, the patient warns the health center through his cell phone that he has symptoms and the health center controls the health status and movements of the owners of the mobiles.
He warned of the need for logistics, material means and personnel to do all of that, and he insisted that we have ten days to do so. “If we don’t do it right, we’ll go back and the number of infections will increase.”
