Chile - 25 students from the Military School were hospitalized with "acute respiratory symptoms" - rhinovirus

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"Acute respiratory symptoms": 25 students from the Military School were hospitalized after training The event occurred on February 25, in the Pichicuy commune, in the Valparaíso region.
February 27, 2023 | 2:07 p.m. | Written by Daniela Toro, Emo

A total of 25 first-year students from the Military School had to be hospitalized on February 25, after presenting an "acute respiratory condition" during training in the Pichicuy commune, in the Valparaíso Region.
Through a statement, the military institution explained that during the recent week, "25 first-year students presented a picture acute respiratory disease, which is why they are currently receiving the respective treatments at the Military Hospital of Santiago".
"Derived from the foregoing, and in compliance with the provisions of the institutional health authority, it was resolved to keep all first-year students at the Military School in preventive isolation, implementing a series of sanitary measures, in order to avoid new contagions", adds the text.

They also point out that "the Military School has been permanently communicating to the parents about the evolution of the present situation, providing the corresponding support and adopting the necessary measures, within the framework of the firm commitment to the well-being of its students." . Pichichuy is the area where cadets and second lieutenants of the Military School are developing their period of instruction; It is a practice in the field "where the future officers must meet the different objectives set for each year of school, always under the watchful eye of their instructors," according to the official Army website.

:tiphat:Source: Emol.com - https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacio...dro-respiratorio-alumnos-escuela-militar.html

 

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 15:33
12 cadets from the Military School are still hospitalized: the cause of the respiratory condition is still unknown
Posted by Felipe Delgado
The information is from María José de la Barra
Karin Pozo | UNO Agency
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The causes that led to the hospitalization of 25 cadets from the Military School, after suffering an acute respiratory condition, are still under study. There are currently 12 boarding schools.


The Military School issued a new statement on Tuesday regarding the situation affecting first-year cadets, who were admitted for suffering an acute respiratory condition.

The situation became known last Monday, after the Army institution itself reported that 25 young people were admitted to the Military Hospital. This after an instruction in the coastal town of Pichicuy, Valparaíso region.

According to the statement, all first-year cadets were isolated as a result of this situation.

This Tuesday, in a second official letter on the subject, the Military School reported that at the moment the causes of the acute respiratory condition are unknown.

"The Military Hospital of Santiago is awaiting the results of the evaluation of samples by the Institute of Public Health," they said.

Along with this, they pointed out that the internees have evolved positively and that 12 of them remain hospitalized.

"The rest of the students in the first year of school will continue to comply with preventive isolation, in accordance with the provisions of the institutional health authority, with the purpose of avoiding new infections," it was added.

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https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias...conoce-la-causa-del-cuadro-respiratorio.shtml

 

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Rhinovirus positive: Military School reveals disease that hospitalized 25 cadets
By Ivan Briceno

03 mar. 2023 - 00:28 hrs.
What happened?
During this Thursday, March 2, the Military School reported that the cadets admitted to the hospital of the institution during the beginning of the week tested positive for rhinovirus.

It should be noted that the disease that affected the officials was unknown, so it was only rumors that exposed the possibility that they had Covid-19, hantavirus or even avian influenza.

What is the health complication?
From the institution, the 25 cadets were instructed to hospitalize since "they presented an acute respiratory condition, for which reason they are currently receiving the respective treatments at the Military Hospital of Santiago," according to the authority.

One day after this happened, 13 uniformed officers were able to be discharged, although the Army and the health authority did not know what disease caused them complications.

However, it was this Thursday when the news came, since the Institute of Public Health (ISP) "confirmed the initial diagnosis as a common rhinovirus pathogen".

What is the current state of health of the cadets?
The health authority highlighted that "the medical evolution of the patients has been satisfactory with the established medical treatment, finding all the admitted students in good condition, so that a large part of them have already been discharged from the Military Hospital of Santiago and derivatives to the Military School”.

The cadets are in isolation and in the respective period that they must comply with in quarantine.

They also pointed out that everything possible is being done to advance the recovery of the uniformed.:tiphat:https://www.meganoticias.cl/naciona...ermedad-rhinovirus-25-cadetes-03-03-2023.html