Until yesterday, Monday December 26, the cholera cases that have been registered in the Dominican Republic remain at eight, since the suspects of the diarrheal disease that have emerged in the last week have given negative laboratory tests.
This was reported by authorities Public healthwho claim to remain in a state of surveillance before the appearance of any new event.
In the specific case of The Zurzaa sector in which several government entities maintain an active intervention, due to the fact that most of the positive for cholera correspond to that neighborhood from the northern part of the National District, there have been no new positives in a week.
Jesús Suardí, director of Health Area IV, to which corresponds The Zurzaindicated to Free Daily that, in the eight days that the mobile hospital that installed Public health in this sector, hardly any have been reported four cases of patients with diarrhea, but all have tested negative.
It highlights that they also continue with house-to-house visit operations to guide the population on the care they must take to avoid the disease that is transmitted by ingestion of contaminated food and water and that causes stomach upset and diarrhea.
Public health has insisted on the recommendations of cooking food thoroughly, frequent hand washing and chlorinating drinking water as a way to prevent the spread of anger.
The bacterium that causes this disease, the Vibrio cholerae, was detected in the waters of the Isabela River, one of the tributaries that feeds the Ozama River and which, in turn, borders various sectors of the northern part of the National District. However, so far no cases of the disease have been detected in other sectors.
“No more cases have been reported. Only four in mobile hospitals, in eight days, and all negative”Health Area Director
Health authorities have called on residents of the Isabela strip to refrain from using the river to prevent the spread of the disease. Likewise, they have called the residents of The Zurza not to use the spa known as the poola place from which many communities are supplied with water, due to the lack of an adequate drinking water distribution system.
Last Wednesday, the Ministry of Health Pública reported that in addition to the eight confirmed cases, it was monitoring six suspected cases of angerincluding diarrheal episodes that occurred in the sector The Guaricanos and Capotillo, but they all came out negative for this disease, according to what was reported on Monday by Dr. Gina Estrella Ramia, director of Risk Management and Disaster Attention, of the Ministry of Health public.
“In La Zurza, a house-to-house was carried out and no cases of EDA were found. In the hospital some patients seen, but nothing suspicious. So far, the patients are still negative.”Ramia commented.
