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Close epidemiological surveillance to keep hepatitis A under control in the popular council of Cienfuegos
By Jorge Domínguez Morado
MAY 8, 2024 Cienfuegos , hepatitis A , health
The health system in the province of Cienfuegos maintains close epidemiological surveillance in the popular council of Reina, where they report an increase in cases of viral hepatitis type A.
Dr. Livan Rojas Lantigua, director of health management of the General Directorate of Health in the southern territory, reported at a press conference that most of the cases are concentrated in four blocks of that district, where they carry out focus control of the disease, which has an incubation period which ranges between 15 and 50 days.
The Health Area of this popular council of the provincial capital carries out various actions in the community to increase the perception of risk of contracting the virus and a temporary work group is activated, which meets daily with the participation of the municipal government, management general health, the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (CPHEM) and other organizations and institutions linked to basic services to the population.
These days, the Aqueduct and Sewer and Communal Services companies are intensifying the collection of garbage and elimination of micro-landfills, the repair of leaks and obstructions in the hydraulic networks and installed a hypochlorinator, treatment equipment for chlorination and disinfection of water.
Reina families are also made easier to purchase sodium hypochlorite in pharmacies.
CPHEM specialists remember that the hepatitis A virus is transmitted mainly by the fecal-oral route, that is, when an uninfected person ingests water or food contaminated by feces from an infected person. In families, this can happen if the hands of the person in charge of cooking are dirty.
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Contamination of drinking water causes an outbreak of hepatitis A in Cienfuegos
The residents of the affected popular council did not receive water of the quality required for their consumption.
DDC
Cienfuegos 09 May 2024 - 13:14 CEST
The Cienfuegos Health system reports an increase in cases of viral hepatitis type A in the Reina popular council. The outbreak is due to contamination of drinking water with sewage .
Most of the cases are concentrated in four blocks of that district, where a focus control of the disease is carried out, whose incubation period ranges between 15 and 50 days, reported this Wednesday Dr. Livan Rojas Lantigua, director of health management. of the General Directorate of Health of Cienfuegos , in a press conference cited by the province's television channel, Perla Visión .
The report highlighted that the hepatitis A virus is transmitted mainly by the fecal-oral route ; that is, when an uninfected person ingests water or food contaminated by feces from an infected person.
"In families, this can happen if the hands of the person in charge of cooking are dirty," explained Perla Visión.
The director of the Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit, interviewed by local television, emphasized the importance of disinfecting the toilet with chlorine and hand washing. She also stressed that water should be taken chlorinated.
However, Perla Visión showed this Monday that the hepatitis A outbreak in the popular council of Cienfuegos was due to the contamination of drinking water with sewage , in a report on the repair of leaks and obstructions in hydraulic networks. The material also reflected that the water that residents in the Reina popular council received until now did not have chlorine.
"Precisely in this place we confirmed the crossing between sewage and drinking water, which caused the appearance of the first case of hepatitis A in the district," said the Perla Visión reporter, without offering more details about the patient or the evolution of the disease. disease.
In the images of the report you can see a huge leak of dirty water, for which there has been no solution in 11 years, according to a resident.
"It's been 11 years now. They have gone to institutions that have to do with the problem and no solution has been given," said the interviewee, adding that the circulation of sewage is permanent.
The reporter from the local channel admitted that the water that had so far reached the homes of the Cienfuegos community did not have "the quality required for consumption." A resident identified as José Manuel maintained that "previously he did not have any chlorine."
"These days, the Aqueduct and Sewer and Communal Services companies are intensifying the collection of garbage and elimination of micro-landfills, the repair of leaks and obstructions in the hydraulic networks and installed a hypochlorinator, treatment equipment for chlorination and disinfection of water" Perla Visión said this Wednesday.
Cienfuegos is not the only Cuban province where water quality causes an increase in diseases . In April, authorities from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) of Sancti Spíritus blamed the increase in diarrheal diseases in the province on water supply and sanitation problems .
In March, the official media of Ciego de Ávila indicated that acute diarrheal diseases had increased by 86% in that province compared to the same month in 2023.
The deputy director of Epidemiology of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, José Luis López González , recognized that water quality was one of the main factors that led to the increase in these diseases.
Cienfuegos Province
/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cienfuegos_Province
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Close epidemiological surveillance to keep hepatitis A under control in the popular council of Cienfuegos
By Jorge Domínguez Morado
MAY 8, 2024 Cienfuegos , hepatitis A , health
The health system in the province of Cienfuegos maintains close epidemiological surveillance in the popular council of Reina, where they report an increase in cases of viral hepatitis type A.
Dr. Livan Rojas Lantigua, director of health management of the General Directorate of Health in the southern territory, reported at a press conference that most of the cases are concentrated in four blocks of that district, where they carry out focus control of the disease, which has an incubation period which ranges between 15 and 50 days.
The Health Area of this popular council of the provincial capital carries out various actions in the community to increase the perception of risk of contracting the virus and a temporary work group is activated, which meets daily with the participation of the municipal government, management general health, the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (CPHEM) and other organizations and institutions linked to basic services to the population.
These days, the Aqueduct and Sewer and Communal Services companies are intensifying the collection of garbage and elimination of micro-landfills, the repair of leaks and obstructions in the hydraulic networks and installed a hypochlorinator, treatment equipment for chlorination and disinfection of water.
Reina families are also made easier to purchase sodium hypochlorite in pharmacies.
CPHEM specialists remember that the hepatitis A virus is transmitted mainly by the fecal-oral route, that is, when an uninfected person ingests water or food contaminated by feces from an infected person. In families, this can happen if the hands of the person in charge of cooking are dirty.
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Contamination of drinking water causes an outbreak of hepatitis A in Cienfuegos
The residents of the affected popular council did not receive water of the quality required for their consumption.
DDC
Cienfuegos 09 May 2024 - 13:14 CEST
The Cienfuegos Health system reports an increase in cases of viral hepatitis type A in the Reina popular council. The outbreak is due to contamination of drinking water with sewage .
Most of the cases are concentrated in four blocks of that district, where a focus control of the disease is carried out, whose incubation period ranges between 15 and 50 days, reported this Wednesday Dr. Livan Rojas Lantigua, director of health management. of the General Directorate of Health of Cienfuegos , in a press conference cited by the province's television channel, Perla Visión .
The report highlighted that the hepatitis A virus is transmitted mainly by the fecal-oral route ; that is, when an uninfected person ingests water or food contaminated by feces from an infected person.
"In families, this can happen if the hands of the person in charge of cooking are dirty," explained Perla Visión.
The director of the Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit, interviewed by local television, emphasized the importance of disinfecting the toilet with chlorine and hand washing. She also stressed that water should be taken chlorinated.
However, Perla Visión showed this Monday that the hepatitis A outbreak in the popular council of Cienfuegos was due to the contamination of drinking water with sewage , in a report on the repair of leaks and obstructions in hydraulic networks. The material also reflected that the water that residents in the Reina popular council received until now did not have chlorine.
"Precisely in this place we confirmed the crossing between sewage and drinking water, which caused the appearance of the first case of hepatitis A in the district," said the Perla Visión reporter, without offering more details about the patient or the evolution of the disease. disease.
In the images of the report you can see a huge leak of dirty water, for which there has been no solution in 11 years, according to a resident.
"It's been 11 years now. They have gone to institutions that have to do with the problem and no solution has been given," said the interviewee, adding that the circulation of sewage is permanent.
The reporter from the local channel admitted that the water that had so far reached the homes of the Cienfuegos community did not have "the quality required for consumption." A resident identified as José Manuel maintained that "previously he did not have any chlorine."
"These days, the Aqueduct and Sewer and Communal Services companies are intensifying the collection of garbage and elimination of micro-landfills, the repair of leaks and obstructions in the hydraulic networks and installed a hypochlorinator, treatment equipment for chlorination and disinfection of water" Perla Visión said this Wednesday.
Cienfuegos is not the only Cuban province where water quality causes an increase in diseases . In April, authorities from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) of Sancti Spíritus blamed the increase in diarrheal diseases in the province on water supply and sanitation problems .
In March, the official media of Ciego de Ávila indicated that acute diarrheal diseases had increased by 86% in that province compared to the same month in 2023.
The deputy director of Epidemiology of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, José Luis López González , recognized that water quality was one of the main factors that led to the increase in these diseases.
