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33 chikungunya deaths and 11,650 new cases: Paraguay

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Director General for Sanitary Supervision of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection ParaguayanDr. Guillermo Seguera, reported that the number deaths To chikungunyahuman-transmitted disease mosquitoes infected rose to

33 chikungunya deaths and 11,650 new cases: Paraguay

Director General for Sanitary Supervision of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection ParaguayanDr. Guillermo Seguera, reported that the number deaths To chikungunyahuman-transmitted disease mosquitoes infected rose to 33 in 2023.

At the same time, 11 thousand 650 were confirmed infections during the last three weeks.

As for the dead, he claimed that five of them were minorswhereas “the shooting of the dead takes place in those who 70 years and oldermostly in men, all with some underlying pathological condition“.

Seguera added that epicenter it persists in the regions of Asuncion and Central, where 71% of cases are concentrated. However, it spreads inside the countryto regions such as Paraguri, Alto Parana, Caaguazu, Cordillera and others.

“80 or 90% of cases used to be in the capital and central. Today I tell you that 70% is in Assumptionand we are already seeing dispersion,” he said.

ABOUT hospitalizations, noted that there is a slight decrease, because “out of 200 boarding schools today, 164; From serious cases, when there were 40, we moved to 20.”

over to avoid increase in casesurging health authorities to issue recommendations relevant in communities due to arrival rains and floods In the north of the country.

“There is a significant increase in flooding in the upper basin north of the Paraguay River. Almost how much rain has fallen in a week in half a year, so we give some recommendations, because it can cause a number of diseases, ”said the CEO, according to EFE.

On the other hand, 246 cases have been reported in the last 3 weeks dengueMeanwhile he Zika In 2023, he was not yet in the organization.

Paraguay spoke in anxiety to the atypical clinical and epidemiological behavior of chikungunya in the country. It was also stated that experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are already analyzing the phenomenon.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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