A COVID-19 na Atenção Primária à Saúde: mais um desafio

Abstract

In 2020 the world had a new experience that society has not experienced for a long time, an unprecedented pandemic. In March of that year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the disease caused by the new corona virus (Sars-Cov2), COVID-19, was present in several parts of the world. Faced with this scenario, and the absence of treatments for this disease, governments adopted drastic measures to face this virus, among them, social distancing strategies, such as lockdown, to contain the speed of dissemination of this agent, which caused profound changes in society. Despite the great potential for transmission, about 80% of cases are considered mild and do not use specialized services and are assisted by primary services. However, most countries used the strengthening of hospital levels as a strategy to combat the disease. In view of this paradox, it is important to reflect that for a health system to play its role of providing health, at its broadest and fullest level, especially in the midst of the pandemic, it is not enough to just expand hospital beds with respirators and intensive care units (ICU) ), it is important to reorganize the entire structure of health care networks, providing new technologies and also taking care of health professionals.