The new vacunodromo in the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Seville (US) will not come into operation for another month . This has been confirmed by sources from the Ministry of Health and Families, who have specified that the Health Inspection must still give the go-ahead to these facilities , located on the Reina Mercedes campus.
This information dilates in time the expectations about this new immunization point against Covid, a service that was advanced last week by the rector of the Hispalense, Miguel Angel Castro , who detailed that a pilot test would be carried out with 1,400 members of the university communityto check the operation of said building.
The Ministry of Health and Families specifies in this regard that before these personnel are vaccinated, the Sanitary Inspection must verify that said facilities can provide such a service. At this point it is worth remembering that the Faculty of Mathematics would become a new vaccination point to replace the sports pavilion that the US has in Los Bermejales , which has been performing this function for several months.
A transfer for the summer
The transfer would take place for the entire summer, according to sources from the academic institution. The doses would begin to be injected into the Sevillian population at the Faculty of Mathematics in mid-June, although beforehand a pilot test would be carried out with these 1,400 members of the US, which could begin to be carried out at the end of this week or the beginning of the next, provided that the Inspection grants its approval.
This figure would considerably increase the vaccinated Hispalense staff (which currently, due to age or for performing a function in degrees related to health sciences, reaches 23%), a factor to take into account in the face of exams. end of June, which will be, for the most part, face-to-face.
Castro, like many other Andalusian rectors, has demanded that US teaching staff also be included in the priority group for vaccination, as is the case with teachers in schools and institutes, a request that, for now, has fallen on deaf ears. It has also proposed to the central government that next-year Erasmus students be vaccinated before leaving for their country of destination, due to the “heterogeneity” that exists in many states, where the entry of those who have not been previously immunized since their arrival is prevented. source.
Positives increase in the US On the other hand, the US has registered35 positive cases in Covid-19
among its university communityby PCR test in the week of May 10 to 16, 2021. This represents 0.45 per thousand of the total of its university community and a slight increase in positive cases compared to the previous week (29 cases). Of these positive data, 25 correspond to students, five to PDI and five to PAS.This is stated in the data available to the US Occupational Risk Prevention Service (Seprus), to which all members of the university must notify any type of incident related to the virus through the covid19@us address. is.
In the last week, 23 suspected cases have also been reported that have been dismissed after giving a negative result in a PCR test, which represents 0.30 per thousand of the university community. They also consist11 pending cases of PCR , equivalent to 0.14 per thousand of the university community.