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The records of patients with confirmed diagnoses of cholera rose yesterday to 47, with the detection of four new cases, while 11 people are hospitalized with suspicious symptoms of the disease that manifests with diarrhea and vomiting.

Meanwhile, the health authorities reported that they intensified vaccination against cholera, which is aimed at targeted groups, with the inclusion of permanent posts, students and staff from various schools and house-to-house visits in areas selected as vulnerable, as well as measures search and control of the disease that has been concentrated to date in sectors of Greater Santo Domingo.

To date, 2,040 doses of cholera vaccines have been administered; 345,853 doses of the influenza vaccine and 16.2 million doses against Covid-19. Of all, they explained, the country is available to meet the requirements in accordance with the established protocol.

The doctors Eladio Pérez, Vice Minister of Collective Health; Lucía Vargas, director of Immunopreventables by Vaccines; Yocasta Lara, director of hospital centers of the National Health Service (SNS), and Gina Estrella, of Risks and Disasters of the Ministry of Public Health.

new cases

The four new positive cases of cholera reported yesterday correspond to people residing in the communities of Villa Liberación in El Almirante in Santo Domingo Este, where there is currently the main outbreak of the disease, after La Zurza, where the first outbreak, have not had new infections for four weeks.

To date, according to the Health authorities, the country has not confirmed any deaths from cholera.

Lara reported that there are currently 11 hospitalized patients with suspicion of the disease, all adults. Nine are admitted to the Félix María Goico hospital, one to the El Almirante hospital and one to the Moscoso Puello.

The 2,040 vaccinated

In turn, Dr. Vargas explained that of the 2,040 doses of the cholera vaccine placed to date, 271 have been applied to people between 50 and 60 years of age; 627 in those between 15 and 49 years old; 78 doses in children from one to four years; 69 in those from five to eight years old and 91 doses in those from nine to 14 years old.

In recent weeks, the cholera bacterial disease has claimed lives in the national territory, and to counteract its spread, citizens are actively going to vaccination points located in Greater Santo Domingo.

During a tour carried out by a team from Listín Diario, Villa Liberación, La Zurza and Villas Agrícolasthe constant flow of people of different ages who responded to the call of the authorities, according to the availability of vaccines against diarrheal disease, became visible.

“Honestly, people are being very responsible with this issue because we vaccinate about 60 people every day, a very good figure considering that we have just started the vaccine rounds,” said Pedro Míreles, head of risk management for health area four. , who was in the tent that is positioned in the Zurza.

In that neighborhood, by noon on Friday they had already vaccinated some 122 personasa record number compared to the amount they had inoculated the rest of the week.

Likewise, in the Villa Liberación vaccination tent, Dr. Máximo Canela, in charge of the space, commented that a group of community members who know the area have taken responsibility for inoculating other points in the sector.

“A group of volunteers who reside in Villa Liberación took about 50 doses and went to offer the vaccination to people who live in areas where it is difficult for them to reach the point of the tent,” explained Canela.

vaccination day

Last Wednesday the cholera vaccination campaign began for the most vulnerable population, after the country received a shipment of 85,000 dosesdonated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

The immunological one that has begun to be applied is the “Euvichol-Plus”which came from South Korea and is scarce in the world, reported the Ministry of Public Health.