In a statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic The reasons why the National emergency because of yellow fever. What were the reasons presented by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection?
Through information that was published on the website of the Government Entity mentioned above, Jaime Hernán Urrego, Deputy Minister of Public Health He added that The new cases have presence in wild areas and also in some sectors of the Amazon.
In recent days, patients appeared with this condition in the Magdalena River basin, South and Northern Tolima, the coffee zone of Neira in Caldas and in the Department of Meta.
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“The Aedes aegypti mosquito, transmitter of yellow fever, can transmit for now to 2,200 meters. Before it did not exceed 1,800, but this is due to climate change. This mosquito, which also produces dengue, zika, chikunguña and yellow fever, has been rising in height. In fact, the National Institute of Health has detected in Antioquia that the mosquito is transmitting dengue to 2,290–2,300 meters. It is a mosquito transformation due to changes in ecosystems, product of global warming. It does not mean that Aedes Aegypti, which is a more urban variety, is transmitting today, because that would be much more serious, “said the official.
In the same line he remarked: “We are in a national emergency because it is necessary to prevent what is happening in other lower heights and by other varieties of the same mosquito we are transformed from a wild cycle to an urban cycle. We would be facing the risk of disease urbanization. “
Urrego explained that yellow fever has no cure, it only has palliative treatments. For this reason the Ministry of Health continues in preventive function.
The recommendations by the authorities.
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What are the aspects to consider in the midst of the national emergency due to yellow fever?
The country’s health authorities added details with the intention that all citizens are correctly informed about this event through the following considerations:
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-The fever is not transmitted between humans, it does it through the mosquito sting.
-For the moment there is no cure and therefore the importance of vaccination is mentioned.
-Aly it will be necessary to apply a dose.
-The authorities have specified a vaccination from 9 months to any age.
-That people who do not remember if they were vaccinated can do it again as long as they are in high -risk areas.
