FACTUM reports: On June 11, 2020, when the official number of COVID cases in El Salvador reached 3,481, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) made the decision to put documentation on coronavirus tests in the Reserved Information Index. The information regarding the taking, processing and dissemination of results will be classified until June 11, 2022, […]
(ORIGINAL EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) Members of the Union of Doctors of the Social Security Institute (SIMETRISSS) denounced that authorities from the Ministry of Health and the Institute itself are not providing them with Personal Protective Equipment to deal with the pandemic of COVID-19. According to the doctors, if supplies have been delivered, the process […]
(ARTICULO DE GLENDA GIRON ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO EL 26 DE ABRIL DE 2020 POR “SÉPTIMO SENTIDO”) In developed countries, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is related to pre-existent conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension. It means that the deterioration of the purifying function of the kidneys comes as a consequence of the previous failure of other […]
El Faro is publishing the story of Carlos Henríquez, who caught COVID19 after being sent to “The Olympic Village” (Villa Olimpica), a containment center run by the government. The Ministry of Health tweeted wrong facts about his death a few days ago. The original article written by Carlos Dada in Spanish can (and should) be […]
(LEA LA NOTA DE ARPAS EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) Yesterday, Nayib Bukele confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in El Salvador. The president has said that they have placed a “sanitary cord” in Metapán (Santa Ana). According to Bukele, the person would have entered through a blind spot in Metapán. He explained […]
(ARTÍCULO DE CARMEN ESCOBAR PARA GATOENCERRADO) The Minister of Health, Ana Orellana Bendeck, was questioned by the Legislative Assembly, on Saturday, February 15th, to explain why the water distributed by the National Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers (ANDA) in San Salvador, arrived with bad taste, pestilent and in some cases even with sediment during […]