nov 9, 2015
Vice Minister Eduardo Espinoza said samples already sent to a foreign laboratory
The Deputy Health Minister Eduardo Espinoza, confirmed this morning that nine suspects have been reported cases of zika in El Salvador, this despite the holder of that portfolio has repeatedly denied the presence of the virus in the country.
Espinoza said the samples were sent to laboratories in the United States for confirmation that this is the new disease.
The official also explained that " or we have so far confirmed the presence of the disease in any of the neighboring countries ", reducing the actual risk.
Some of the symptoms are similar to zika dengue and chikungunya.
On other issues, Espinoza confirmed an outbreak of malaria in Sonsone
te Metal?o municipality, where five cases were reported, and two persons of Guatemalan origin who arrived with the disease but were treated.
In the municipality an epidemiological fence and those close to patients already in treatment is Montro ended.
Vice Minister Eduardo Espinoza said samples already sent to a foreign laboratory
The Deputy Health Minister Eduardo Espinoza, confirmed this morning that nine suspects have been reported cases of zika in El Salvador, this despite the holder of that portfolio has repeatedly denied the presence of the virus in the country.
Espinoza said the samples were sent to laboratories in the United States for confirmation that this is the new disease.
The official also explained that " or we have so far confirmed the presence of the disease in any of the neighboring countries ", reducing the actual risk.
Some of the symptoms are similar to zika dengue and chikungunya.
On other issues, Espinoza confirmed an outbreak of malaria in Sonsone
te Metal?o municipality, where five cases were reported, and two persons of Guatemalan origin who arrived with the disease but were treated.
In the municipality an epidemiological fence and those close to patients already in treatment is Montro ended.
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