Oriol Mitjà, The epidemiologist who warned of the spread of the coronavirus has reappeared on social networks on the occasion of the start of the holidays for alert of the situation that we live now in Catalonia, where we are living simultaneously with three respiratory viruses.
“This Christmas, many of you have doubts about respiratory viruses because we are at a time of peak epidemic: CovidInfluenza A and cold viruses“, he warned in a video published in ‘X’. “The three have the period of maximum contagion in the first days of the onset of symptoms,” he added.
Àpats in the family and the respiratory viruses.
Molt bon Nadal tothom 🍃🎋 pic.twitter.com/QkestYzvjX— Oriol Mitjà (@oriolmitja) December 24, 2023
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The doctor, specialized in infectious diseases, has given some advice to avoid contagion during the holidays. “The recommendation for Christmas meals It is the Covid and Flu A test, and when the line goes out immediately red, avoid contact. If the line takes time to appear and the color is less intense, it is less contagious.”
Oriol Mitjà has focused on those who have to interact with at-risk populations. “Facing the contact with the immunosuppressed, the result should be negative. I wish you very happy holidays”, she concluded.