Multiple viral deaths in Colon cause immediate concern

Colón

Two deaths from dengue and one from the hanta virus have been recorded so far this year. Until the epidemiological week 20, which ended on May 19, 1,285 cases of dengue had been registered in the country, reported the head in charge of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), Israel Cedeño.

The official indicated that, in addition, there is a third death that is being investigated if it obeys the dengue. The two deaths in Colon, where 215 cases have been registered, occurred in Sabanitas, it was about adults.

Colón, the province of Coclé and the region of Panamá Centro are the areas where the majority of cases of dengue have been reported.

According to Cedeño, the 1,285 cases are within what was expected for the date, but asked the citizenship ‘not to lower the guard’ in the preventive measures, such as avoiding the breeding sites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

The doctor reported that during this period there have been 33 cases of Zika and four of chicunguña, diseases that are also transmitted by this mosquito.

READ MORE:http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/muertes-dengue-minsa-pide-eliminar-criaderos/24065809

No Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Colón
Colon: Continues to be shining light of SHIT in Panama. Man shot inside hospital EX-PAT: Alert

The man remained hospitalized after receiving burns on his body as a result of a first attempted murder This Wednesday night Amado Bárcenas was riddled with shots in a private hospital in the Cuatro Altos area, in the province of Colón. Bárcenas, 33 years old, was surprised by five hitmen …

Environmental
Panamanians and EX-Pats should know more about IDAAN. Quality of H20 and Quality of septic.

The National Government will not promote changes to the law of the Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers (Idaan), but it is advancing in a process of transformation of the entity, which according to its director Juan Antonio Ducruet, is already in operation and its results, he assures, will be …

Health
COVID Update: PANAMA making massive strides in controlling virus. 1 death reported.

Panama registered only one death from covid-19 in the epidemiological week from Sunday, October 9 to Saturday, October 15, according to the latest weekly report of the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Minsa). The total number of deaths in Panama to date, since the COVID-19 pandemic began, …