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Chikungunya in Paraguay: there are 12 people in intensive care
The predominant arbovirosis has patients in critical care and in the neighboring country raises the alarm. They reported that in the last epidemiological week, 1,141 cases of chikungunya and seven of dengue were registered.
January 28, 2023
The persistence of chikungunya in the current season is becoming more evident with the numbers that are revealed every week. In the last 21 days, a total of 5,625 cases of chikungunya and 37 of dengue were registered.
"If we look only at the last epidemiological week, we have 1,141 cases of chikungunya and seven of dengue," Dr. Guillermo Sequera, head of Health Surveillance, reported during the weekly report.
Sequera does not rule out that the number is greater, since 30% are asymptomatic. Mild cases and those who are not going to consult are added.
The large number of chikungunya cases are registered on par with the fifth wave of Covid in the country. However, while the virus that caused the pandemic shows a drop in numbers in the last three weeks, the arbovirosis continues to rise.
Due to Covid, 73 people have been hospitalized in the last week. Of that amount, eight are in the ICU.
For its part, there are 71 people hospitalized because of chikungunya. There are 12 patients in ICU due to arbovirosis.
One of the inmates in intensive care is a child under one year of age. Regarding young children who enter the ICU, the director of Health Surveillance commented that they stay for one or two days and then leave the unit.
Arbovirosis added more fatalities. Four people lost their lives from the disease. The total comes to five.
"Of the five deceased, four were over 60 years old, and one was 34 years old with diabetes mellitus," he explained. The affected people are coming to health services very dehydrated, especially those over 70 years of age, he said.
"Everything that can be done is done, but it is important to accompany them, urge them to drink water and not become dehydrated, in addition to consulting on time, that is essential."
Health Surveillance is also evaluating five other deaths to determine their cause, he reported.
Expansion. Asunción and Central continue to present themselves as the epicenters of the cases. However, more locations are being added.
In Cordillera, Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes, Concepción, Alto Paraguay, among other departments, new cases are appearing.
In Central, Limpio and Mariano Roque Alonso began with the first confirmations of those affected between October and November.
"In the metropolitan area, it initially affected neighborhoods such as Zeballos Cué, Botánico, Loma Pytã and Trinidad. Then it spread to practically all the neighborhoods of Asunción. Today there is no neighborhood in the capital that does not have chikungunya," revealed the reference of Public Health.
For its part, Covid continues to decline Of all the country's districts, none is at level 4 of community transmission.
In the last week there were 413 new infections of the disease that began to be a pandemic three years ago.
Chikungunya in Paraguay: there are 12 people in intensive care
The predominant arbovirosis has patients in critical care and in the neighboring country raises the alarm. They reported that in the last epidemiological week, 1,141 cases of chikungunya and seven of dengue were registered.
January 28, 2023
The persistence of chikungunya in the current season is becoming more evident with the numbers that are revealed every week. In the last 21 days, a total of 5,625 cases of chikungunya and 37 of dengue were registered.
"If we look only at the last epidemiological week, we have 1,141 cases of chikungunya and seven of dengue," Dr. Guillermo Sequera, head of Health Surveillance, reported during the weekly report.
Sequera does not rule out that the number is greater, since 30% are asymptomatic. Mild cases and those who are not going to consult are added.
The large number of chikungunya cases are registered on par with the fifth wave of Covid in the country. However, while the virus that caused the pandemic shows a drop in numbers in the last three weeks, the arbovirosis continues to rise.
Due to Covid, 73 people have been hospitalized in the last week. Of that amount, eight are in the ICU.
For its part, there are 71 people hospitalized because of chikungunya. There are 12 patients in ICU due to arbovirosis.
One of the inmates in intensive care is a child under one year of age. Regarding young children who enter the ICU, the director of Health Surveillance commented that they stay for one or two days and then leave the unit.
Arbovirosis added more fatalities. Four people lost their lives from the disease. The total comes to five.
"Of the five deceased, four were over 60 years old, and one was 34 years old with diabetes mellitus," he explained. The affected people are coming to health services very dehydrated, especially those over 70 years of age, he said.
"Everything that can be done is done, but it is important to accompany them, urge them to drink water and not become dehydrated, in addition to consulting on time, that is essential."
Health Surveillance is also evaluating five other deaths to determine their cause, he reported.
Expansion. Asunción and Central continue to present themselves as the epicenters of the cases. However, more locations are being added.
In Cordillera, Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes, Concepción, Alto Paraguay, among other departments, new cases are appearing.
In Central, Limpio and Mariano Roque Alonso began with the first confirmations of those affected between October and November.
"In the metropolitan area, it initially affected neighborhoods such as Zeballos Cué, Botánico, Loma Pytã and Trinidad. Then it spread to practically all the neighborhoods of Asunción. Today there is no neighborhood in the capital that does not have chikungunya," revealed the reference of Public Health.
For its part, Covid continues to decline Of all the country's districts, none is at level 4 of community transmission.
In the last week there were 413 new infections of the disease that began to be a pandemic three years ago.
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