The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, assured this Friday that "all the data indicates" that the curve of the sixth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain has subsided.

This was expressed by the minister, in statements to the media, after a visit to the Hospital Son Llàtzer, in Palma. "Download data is consolidating day by day", she affirmed, although she has insisted on "being prudent".

Carolina Darias has pointed out that the cumulative incidence is decreasing in the country, but she has remarked that other indicators such as admissions to hospitals and intensive care units (ICU) are very important.

To show the importance of the vaccine, the minister stressed that despite having an incidence seven times higher compared to the third wave, deaths from covid-19 "are much lower" today. She has also attributed these data, "with all caution", to the omicron variant which "is less virulent".

Rule out setting a date for the end of the sixth wave

In this way, he has ruled out setting a date for the end of this sixth wave, but has reiterated that "the data is being consolidated".

Asked about the possible new protocols to manage COVID-19 as an endemic disease, Darias explained that work will begin on proposals that allow progress "towards a new surveillance", which "passes from emergency surveillance to target surveillance".

The minister has insisted that "vaccines save lives", since "a vaccinated person is seven times less likely to be infected and 14 times less likely to be admitted."

Regarding the vaccination process, Darias stressed that "advances every day", although he clarified that the age range from 5 to 11 years is the period in which the virus has circulated the most in the last wave, something that may have influenced the number of children who have been vaccinated.

"We have the best expectations to continue advancing in vaccination", indicated the minister, adding that the Ministry is "supporting and collaborating with all the Autonomous Communities". In this sense, she has recognized "the efforts" of the Islands during the vaccination campaign.