Testimonies published Monday on Facebook account for complete households affected by an alleged arbovirosis.
Miami, United States. – Matanzas lives an increase in febrile syndromes associated with arbovirosis in multiple municipalities and health areas, and that local residents describe with very high fever episodes, intense pain and contagion extended by whole blocks.
Testimonies published on Monday on Facebook account for affected complete households, while local parties confirm circulation of dengue serotypes and areas in active transmission, without officially reported deaths so far.
The territorial and clinical expansion of the table has been specified throughout September. On the 11th, the director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Andrés Lamas Acevedo, informed the newspaper Girón: “The three and four serotypes are circulating, and it is possible that serotype two that is presented in Havana and Villa Clara will be introduced. The Matanzos de Martí and Perico municipalities are in active transmission of that scourge.”
That day he also detailed hot points within the province: “With a more complex situation is Jovellanos, and within Matanzas, the areas of the beach, 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 Polyclinics and Ramón Martínez. febriles. ” In healthcare terms, he said: “We have not had critics, or deceased, unlike the year 2022 that we do record deaths from the disease.”
From the land, citizen stories illuminate the severity of the paintings and environmental conditions. Yuneisy Santana González’s Matancera Internet user 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 her testimony, the woman describes a minor with sustained fever of 39–40 ° C, joint and headaches.
The perception of lack of information and growing severity also appears in messages of activists. Amelia Calzadilla He wondered on Facebook: “How many critical, serious, convalescent cases or in danger need to accumulate, presidency Cuba [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 claimed:” Is the information essential now. Ask humanitarian aid, fuck; It is the life of the people. ”
The most recent official diagnoses They maintain the focus on dengue, recognize symptomatology compatible with Chikungunya and the circulation of the Oropouche virus in lesser amount, and place the “most visible” morbidity in the municipalities of Matanzas and Cárdenas, with expansion from Perico to other territories.
The previous notices already warned a regrowth in August, with municipalities such as Cárdenas, Perico, Jovellanos and the city header, coinciding with rains and high temperatures – conducive conditions for the Aedes aegypti– And with persistent obstacles for vector control: fuel deficit for fumigation, lack of personnel to cover all areas and neighborhood resistance to health inspections.
According to Andrés Lamas Acevedo, director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology of Matanzas, cited by Granma This Mondayin the territory “no” rare or mysterious “disease”.
