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Honduras
Closes Borders against Dengue
Honduran
Public Health authorities intensified
epidemiologic isolation on the borders with El
Salvador and Nicaragua, to prevent entrance of a
type of dengue fever more aggressive than the
hemorrhagic variety.
The measures are part of actions by the Honduran
Public Health Ministry to avoid an increase in
the number of cases that would compel
authorities to declare a state of emergency or
alert.
Epidemiologic Surveillance director Jose Angel
Vazquez said the frontier closing concerned the
outbreak of dengue fever type 3, still not
registered in Honduran national territory.
Official data reported until now are that there
are 2,176 patients with classic dengue fever and
88 cases with hemorrhagic dengue fever, the
latter considerably more than prior years.
Honduran authorities say these statistics are
not enough to warrant a state of alert or
emergency since the total number of affected
people is not above prior periods.
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