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Dengue in Bolivia:
Authorities declare a health emergency in the Beni
The disease has already killed 8 people in this summer. The hospitals are overwhelmed
By Harry Usseglio - The Epoch Times
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:13 +0000
Dengue and takes 8 victims in Peruvian Amazon
405 suspected cases of dengue in Iquitos, Peru
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The Bolivian Amazon region of Beni, near the border with Brazil, was declared a health emergency after dengue collect their eighth fatality among the 1,200 confirmed cases so far in 2011, reported the Pan American Health Organization in Bolivia on 21 January.
Four of the deaths occurred in December and the remainder in January.
It is assumed that the actual numbers of infection are much higher than confirmed. "Throughout 2010 and January so far are a total of 4,750 people infected, but we would go from 45,000 to 50,000 have been sickened in this period, because most people do not go to hospitals to be serve, "said the Director of the Department of Health (SITES) in Beni, Maurice Rousseau, as quoted by PAHO / WHO Bolivia middle Reason.
The mayor of Trinidad (capital of Beni), Moses Shirique, and Bishop Manuel Iguigurren were infected, said the OPS / OMS.
A daily average of 50 people show up daily at medical centers with symptoms of dengue fever, nausea, vomiting and high fever, and must be attended to in hospital corridors, from overcrowding of the same, said Chief Wilfredo Camargo Epidemiology the Spanish news media.
Dengue director of the Ministry of Health, Nilsa Mirror, announced that the cleaning and spraying equipment are already working in the city of Trinidad, located 390 km northeast of Peace.
"On Friday 28 January, all activities of the city of Trinidad will be paralyzed because everyone will clean up and collect the waste where they can nest mosquitoes will be a campaign in which shall be paid to each household, or vacant lot," said The Director of Health, quoted by PAHO / WHO.
State Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, visited the region last week and promised more aid for other capital and Beni populations affected by the disease, according to the media on-line Virtual Fides.
The cause of dengue is the Aedes aegypti mosquito or mosquito. It breeds in the rainy seasons laying eggs in ponds and reservoirs. Symptoms include headaches and eye, weakness, rash, high fever, nausea, vomiting and joint pains.
The Beni is the second South American Amazon region in reporting casualties. 2 days ago in the department of Loreto in Peru, it was reported that 8 people died because of dengue.
Spanish to English translation
Dengue in Bolivia:
Authorities declare a health emergency in the Beni
The disease has already killed 8 people in this summer. The hospitals are overwhelmed
By Harry Usseglio - The Epoch Times
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:13 +0000
Dengue and takes 8 victims in Peruvian Amazon
405 suspected cases of dengue in Iquitos, Peru
More about
BoliviaDengue
The Bolivian Amazon region of Beni, near the border with Brazil, was declared a health emergency after dengue collect their eighth fatality among the 1,200 confirmed cases so far in 2011, reported the Pan American Health Organization in Bolivia on 21 January.
Four of the deaths occurred in December and the remainder in January.
It is assumed that the actual numbers of infection are much higher than confirmed. "Throughout 2010 and January so far are a total of 4,750 people infected, but we would go from 45,000 to 50,000 have been sickened in this period, because most people do not go to hospitals to be serve, "said the Director of the Department of Health (SITES) in Beni, Maurice Rousseau, as quoted by PAHO / WHO Bolivia middle Reason.
The mayor of Trinidad (capital of Beni), Moses Shirique, and Bishop Manuel Iguigurren were infected, said the OPS / OMS.
A daily average of 50 people show up daily at medical centers with symptoms of dengue fever, nausea, vomiting and high fever, and must be attended to in hospital corridors, from overcrowding of the same, said Chief Wilfredo Camargo Epidemiology the Spanish news media.
Dengue director of the Ministry of Health, Nilsa Mirror, announced that the cleaning and spraying equipment are already working in the city of Trinidad, located 390 km northeast of Peace.
"On Friday 28 January, all activities of the city of Trinidad will be paralyzed because everyone will clean up and collect the waste where they can nest mosquitoes will be a campaign in which shall be paid to each household, or vacant lot," said The Director of Health, quoted by PAHO / WHO.
State Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, visited the region last week and promised more aid for other capital and Beni populations affected by the disease, according to the media on-line Virtual Fides.
The cause of dengue is the Aedes aegypti mosquito or mosquito. It breeds in the rainy seasons laying eggs in ponds and reservoirs. Symptoms include headaches and eye, weakness, rash, high fever, nausea, vomiting and joint pains.
The Beni is the second South American Amazon region in reporting casualties. 2 days ago in the department of Loreto in Peru, it was reported that 8 people died because of dengue.
