Of the total of admitted the last week, almost 50% are pediatric patients.
Miami, United States. – The municipality of Columbus, in Matanzas, initiated an intensive plan for environmental sanitation and epidemiological surveillance after an “alarming increase” of suspicious cases of Arbovirosis, according to Dr. René Granado López, director of the Municipal Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, to the newspaper Girón.
In the last week 435 nonspecific febrile syndromes were notified, 23 more than in the previous week, and 239 hospital admissions were recorded, of which more than 46% correspond to pediatric patients. According to the same source, in the General Teaching Hospital “Doctor Mario Muñoz Monroy”, of Colón, five patients have alarm signs and remain admitted, with a total of 40 beds occupied by related cases.
The authorities had an intensive day of active investigations house by house since Wednesday, in charge of students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Health Technologies, together with family doctors and nurses.
In parallel, the collection of solid waste and the elimination of microverteys in the most affected popular councils-this (134 cases), west (103) and South (101)-and in peripheral areas, including the industrial zone, the cast freedom, disappointment, Río Piedras, Agüica, San José de los Ramos and Mexico-Banagüis were organized.
For this purpose, the authorities summoned some 20 workers in the Department of Sports and the agricultural sector, which will be incorporated into fumigation work in health centers, elderly homes, maternal home and educational centers.
The authorities made an urgent call to the population to participate in the cleanliness and chape of lots, common areas and courtyards, and to perform the family autofocal in order to eliminate possible mosquito farms Aedes aegypti. They recognized the critical situation with the water supply and insisted on properly cover the storage containers.
Meanwhile, the Municipal Government of Matanzas established command positions in the two health areas to evaluate the situation daily. According to the state press report, the declared priority is to cut the transmission by eradicating the vector habitat.
The panorama in Columbus is part of a provincial increase in febrile syndromes associated with arbovirosis. In the last two weeks They have transcended Testimonies of residents in the province that allude to cases of infection extended by whole blocks.
On September 11, the director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Andrés Lamas Acevedo, declared Girón: “Seotypes three and four are circulating [de una arbovirosis que no identificó]and it is possible that serotype two that is presented in Havana and Villa Clara is introduced soon. The Matancos Municipalities of Martí and Perico are in active transmission of that scourge. ”
That day he added hot points within the province: “With a more complex situation is Jovellanos, and within Matanzas, the beach areas, Versailles and what corresponds to the Carlos Verdugo polyclinic; the two health areas of Columbus are in transmission, also in the beginning Unión de Reyes and Alacranes; while in Cárdenas, the Moncada and Ramón Martínez Polyclinics, present the greatest reports of febriles”.
Regarding clinical behavior, he said: “We have not had critics, or deceased, unlike the year 2022 that we do register deaths from the disease.”
Meanwhile, the citizen stories published on Facebook illustrate the severity of the paintings and environmental conditions. The Matancera Yuneisy Santana González wrote: “I thought we would fight her, but it was almost impossible when all the neighbors one by one were spreading. (…) I do not know what ray is this virus, but it is strong and we are so vulnerable and homeless of everything. (…) The mosquitoes with these waters multiply and raise you in weight and spend the days, the weeks and you do not see action any of the organisms in charge of fumigating, or collecting the mountains of garbage.” In his testimony, he described a minor with sustained fever of 39–40 ° C and joint and headaches.
For its part, activist Amelia Calzadilla claimed More transparency and informative urgency: “How many critical, serious, convalescent or danger [enlace al perfil de la Presidencia de Cuba]in the Matanzas province before decreeing a state of sanitary emergency by febrile syndrome of unknown origin and entering a quarantine period?! ” And he stressed: “The information is essential now. Ask humanitarian aid, fuck; It is the life of the people. ”
In contrast, Lamas Acevedo said –cited by Granma This Monday– that in the territory “no” rare or mysterious “disease”.
