After several hours in line, an elderly woman fainted waiting for her turn to be tested for covid-19 after presenting symptoms related to the disease
The coronavirus in the world is about to reach 70 million affected, more than a million and a half have died, a woman with symptoms of covid-19 lost her life while waiting to be tested.
The woman was 83 years old and after presenting respiratory distress and other symptoms related to Covid-19, she was taken to undergo the test, which she did not manage to do since she fainted while in line.
This event would occur in the capital of the Mexican state of Querétaro, outside the Lomas de Casa Blanca Health Center, located on Abraham Castellanos Street, in the Agrarian Reform neighborhood, as it transpired.
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This fact of course caused a commotion among the population and more among people who, like her, were waiting a turn to take the Covid-19 test, which is carried out to confirm the contagion and take precautions.
After the incident, the Health Center entered her inside to attend to her but it was too late since she had no vital signs and she was declared dead minutes later before the authorities were waiting.
Upon arrival, a preliminary investigation was carried out to make way for the removal of the body to transfer it to carry out a legal necropsy to determine the exact causes of death, which apparently would be a consequence of covid-19.
It also transpired that yesterday a man would have lost his life for similar causes, this when he entered a pharmacy with breathing difficulties, but it was a place that did not have the necessary instruments for this type of case, dying shortly after.
Querétaro has the highest incidence rate in active cases of coronavirus, being Mexico City, the State of Mexico and Guanajuato who top the list, in total the country appears in position 11 worldwide of affectations.