A circular issued by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS) confirm the update of the protocol for suspected cases of chikungunya to go to health services.
As mentioned in the document, those patients with symptoms of the disease and are from Asuncion or Central will be confirmed “by epidemiological link”, without the need for sampling for laboratory tests.
Information was confirmed by Dr. Leticia Pintos, General Director of Health Services and Networks. She explained to the C9N channel that they made this determination due to the notable increase in chikungunya casesespecially in the capital and the Central area.
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They also took into account the high demand for tests to confirm possible chikungunya symptoms with the sole purpose of issuing medical rest. “There are public and private laboratories that they are overflowing with orders but only to issue reposes”.
Attention centralinos and asuncenos; If a member of the household has chikungunya and you have symptoms of the disease, the doctors should give you rest for at least 3 days due to the epidemiological link. The measure does not apply to the rest of the country. @sntcanal9 @C9NParaguay pic.twitter.com/XnbUPfrjuT
– Anibal Espinola (@AnibalEspinola1) February 2, 2023
The circular was also issued so that companies can understand their employees at the time of requesting the presentation of said document. “People are desperate for the role but it’s not the right thing to do.”
Pintos mentioned that if a person is in an area where there are more than 60% notifications and the neighborhood has several cases, it is treated as a positive case of chikungunyaas happened at the time with COVID-19.
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Measure Only applies to Asunción and cities of the Central Department because in these regions community transmission is very highhe pointed out.
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