Brazil: Dengue instances improve by nearly 600 % in Rio de Janeiro

MADRID, 27 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Dengue instances have elevated by 587 % within the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro up to now in January in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, regional well being authorities have reported.

Within the first three weeks of January 2024, “the state has registered 9,963 notifications of possible instances of the illness, which represents a development of 587 % in comparison with the identical interval in 2023,” in line with information from the Intelligence Middle in Well being (CIS) collected by the Brazilian Company.

Given these figures, the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro, introduced this Friday a State Plan to Fight Dengue that features, amongst others, the creation of 80 hydration rooms with the capability to take care of as much as 8,000 sufferers a day.

«We’re working to scale back the impression of dengue in Rio, in assist of the municipalities and following the rules of the Ministry of Well being. We now have a tenet that’s applied on daily basis of the 12 months, with monitoring, intelligence and, above all, a cautious have a look at our individuals,” Castro defined in his profile on the social community X, previously Twitter.

In accordance with the identical media, the plan additionally consists of the coaching of some 2,000 medical professionals from the 92 municipalities of the state, with a purpose to get hold of extra exact diagnoses and extra correct remedies, and the conversion of 160 beds in 9 hospital facilities to deal with dengue, simply as was already carried out with COVID-19.

For her half, the Secretary of State for Well being, Claudia Mello, has highlighted that the CIS is finishing up day by day and real-time monitoring of the variety of dengue instances registered within the totally different cities of the state and has argued that this dynamic is “permitting the Authorities to information the required actions to comprise the unfold (of the illness) and assure take care of the inhabitants,” says the Brazilian Company.

On this context, the Brazilian Ministry of Well being confused this Friday that, “given the rise within the variety of dengue instances in Brazil, it’s time to intensify consideration and be part of efforts to eradicate outbreaks of Aedes aegypti, transmitter of dengue, Zika and Chikungunya” since “that is the primary option to stop illness transmission.”

Thus, they’ve highlighted, “not leaving stagnant water and paying attention to locations that may change into mosquito breeding websites within the dwelling is crucial, since round 75 % of outbreaks happen inside houses.”

Likewise, Well being has urged “search quick medical consideration if you happen to current signs comparable to fever, joint ache, crimson spots on the pores and skin, itching or redness within the eyes” and has warned that “delays within the search care can worsen signs.