He Ministry of Public Health notified this Wednesday five new cholera cases, bringing the total number of infected to 82since registration began in October 2022.
Is about three women aged 23, 26 and 43, a 60-year-old man and an 8-year-old boy.
The last three patients have already been discharged and were residents of Health Area IV, specifically in Villas Agrícolas, of the National District.
The two remaining women receive attention in the Hospital Félix María Goico and in the Moscoso Puello.
Others seven suspected cases They remain hospitalized pending laboratory tests that confirm or rule out the contagion of the bacterial disease.
On his side, the director of Health Area IV, jesus suardiassured that about 15 days ago in the communities Los Coquitos and Las Lagunas de Villas Agrícolas cases of profuse diarrhea were reported that were already duly treated.
Cases in Villa Francisca was not cholera
Likewise, the director of Risks and Disasters, Gina Estrella, said that the cases of diarrhea reported in Villa Francisca were due to parasites other than cholera.
“Everything was verified, they are not cases of cholera, they are cases of acute diarrheal disease secondary to amoeba and salmonella disease”stated Star.
In the country there have already been 8,978 diagnostic tests for cholera.
Vaccination
To this day, 25,681 people have received the immunological dose against cholera.
The director of Immunopreventable by Vaccines, Aida Lucia Vargasrecalled that the house-to-house system continues and vaccinating in the tents available in La Zurza and Villa Liberación.
closed outlets
The Vice Minister of Collective Health, Eladio Pérez, called for intensify hygiene measures, washing hands before eating, after going to the bathroom, as well as cooking food well and maintaining a clean kitchen.
Interventions in communities affected by cholera have directly impacted some 100,562 people in 45,000 homes visited, through prevention and promotion actions to avoid the disease that include 110 community forums, 400 talks and 385 follow-up calls to cases.
In the same way, the doctor reported that 30 places of sale “were intervened because they had expired products. Those places were closed, they were reprimanded.”
