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Floods in Brazil: 610 dead, alarm
epidemics. "Worse than the earthquake in Chile"
ROME (January 16) - It 's rose to 610 dead on the budget of the torrential rains in Brazil. The areas that have had the greatest number of victims and Teresopoli Nova Friburgo, located in the mountainous region northeast of Rio. Some areas have not yet been reached by rescuers and it is feared that the budget is set to worsen. In addition, weather conditions will not improve for the next few days.
Grows while the alarm for outbreaks, starting with leptospirosis. Have already reported a dozen cases in the area of Teresopolis and Nova Friburgo, the city hardest hit by the floods, according to the doctors but the cases could be much higher. Many can not be detected due to lack of medical facilities and because the infected do not present themselves to medical examinations, with more pressing problems to solve, to bury relatives, homes destroyed or lack of food. In Sao Paulo, where floods have affected several districts, but the medical facilities are not under pressure, the medical authorities recorded an increase of 30% of cases of leptospirosis in the same period of 2010: it is feared that the "greenhouse" in Rio the increase is much greater. "The water floods washed the nests of mice and rats, and it carries the urine, which is the vehicle of transmission of leptospirosis bacteria. The imperative is always boil the water that is consumed, "said the infectious disease Juvencio Furtado on TV in a prevention campaign. Other epidemics, such as fever "dengue", will be more difficult to prevent.
Physicians: it is worse than the earthquake in Chile. The conditions in the hilly areas of the State of Rio de Janeiro are worst affected by flooding, for the rescuers and victims of the disastrous earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010: the comparison is Brazilian doctors who worked as volunteers at the time of the disaster in Chile and is now operating in the mountains of Rio. 'The situation these days is much worse than that in Chile the climate is dry, digging through the rubble is much easier and buried people are far more likely to survive. The mud also stifles those who were not buried, "said the doctor Thiago Faleiro reporters present in Nova Friburgo, the town hardest hit by the disaster. 'It's true that there always lived with the nightmare of new earthquakes - he said - but here the people are now obsessed with the rain continuing to fall and may cause new landslides and other dead. " Another problem for doctors is to moisture. "With the dry climate of Chile is more difficult to spread the infection - the doctor says Anderson Luiz - with the humidity we have here everything seems to run on sight of an eye, the wounds will not heal, and epidemics can spread in an instant , in the mud is much more difficult to keep things clean and sanitized. "
http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=134800&sez=HOME_NELMONDO
Floods in Brazil: 610 dead, alarm
epidemics. "Worse than the earthquake in Chile"
ROME (January 16) - It 's rose to 610 dead on the budget of the torrential rains in Brazil. The areas that have had the greatest number of victims and Teresopoli Nova Friburgo, located in the mountainous region northeast of Rio. Some areas have not yet been reached by rescuers and it is feared that the budget is set to worsen. In addition, weather conditions will not improve for the next few days.
Grows while the alarm for outbreaks, starting with leptospirosis. Have already reported a dozen cases in the area of Teresopolis and Nova Friburgo, the city hardest hit by the floods, according to the doctors but the cases could be much higher. Many can not be detected due to lack of medical facilities and because the infected do not present themselves to medical examinations, with more pressing problems to solve, to bury relatives, homes destroyed or lack of food. In Sao Paulo, where floods have affected several districts, but the medical facilities are not under pressure, the medical authorities recorded an increase of 30% of cases of leptospirosis in the same period of 2010: it is feared that the "greenhouse" in Rio the increase is much greater. "The water floods washed the nests of mice and rats, and it carries the urine, which is the vehicle of transmission of leptospirosis bacteria. The imperative is always boil the water that is consumed, "said the infectious disease Juvencio Furtado on TV in a prevention campaign. Other epidemics, such as fever "dengue", will be more difficult to prevent.
Physicians: it is worse than the earthquake in Chile. The conditions in the hilly areas of the State of Rio de Janeiro are worst affected by flooding, for the rescuers and victims of the disastrous earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010: the comparison is Brazilian doctors who worked as volunteers at the time of the disaster in Chile and is now operating in the mountains of Rio. 'The situation these days is much worse than that in Chile the climate is dry, digging through the rubble is much easier and buried people are far more likely to survive. The mud also stifles those who were not buried, "said the doctor Thiago Faleiro reporters present in Nova Friburgo, the town hardest hit by the disaster. 'It's true that there always lived with the nightmare of new earthquakes - he said - but here the people are now obsessed with the rain continuing to fall and may cause new landslides and other dead. " Another problem for doctors is to moisture. "With the dry climate of Chile is more difficult to spread the infection - the doctor says Anderson Luiz - with the humidity we have here everything seems to run on sight of an eye, the wounds will not heal, and epidemics can spread in an instant , in the mud is much more difficult to keep things clean and sanitized. "
http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=134800&sez=HOME_NELMONDO