Dengue Cases Increase
in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR - A total of 1965 cases of
dengue, including 46 of hemorrhagic type,
were recorded this year in El Salvador, said
today Health Minister, Maria Isabel
Rodriguez.
The number of infected continues to climb,
although two weeks ago the authorities
ordered the yellow alert and increased
measures to contain the disease.
Only in recent days, the authorities have
found 255 new patients, although,
fortunately, there have not been any death,
said the minister.
The government allocated an additional
budget of $1.100.000 to buy medicines, solve
logistical aspects, and pay the additional
medical staff for the emergency.
At the same time, prevention, fumigations,
cleaning of debris, and elimination of
breeding places of aedes aegypti mosquito;
transmitter of the virus, continue.
The Pan American Health Organization
recommended maintaining the measures at
least eight months to stop the tide of
infections.
Dengue causes high fever, headache and joint
ache, and in the hemorrhagic variant, can be
fatal.
The disease caused here last year at least a
dozen dead, mostly children.
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