The measles epidemic returns to the charge in northern Brazil after two years

The Brazilian Ministry of Health reported Monday that a measles outbreak is attacking the northern states of Amazonas and Roraima with 463 cases until June. In 2016, the country has been certified to eradicate the virus;

The only two deaths due to measles so far this year have occurred in Roraima, a border state of Venezuela and the main recipient of the increasing flow of migrants from that country. Just two Venezuelans died in early 2018.

In Roraima there are 200 cases and Amazonas, 263; while another 1,545 are continuing their research. Nearly 50,000 Venezuelans crossed the land border and sought to legalize their situation in Brazil for the past three years, most of them in Roraima.

With the reappearance of the virus, the state set up a border and operational vaccination station. mbadive to immunize migrants who, until the beginning of the year, slept mostly in squares, streets and makeshift shelters.

Symptoms

Measles is a contagious disease transmitted by the virus. Red spots on the skin, fever, cough and conjunctivitis are some of the symptoms. Vaccination in Brazil is permanent and not stationary.

The human rights organization Survival International reported this weekend that measles was also attacking indigenous Yanomami populations on the border between Brazil and the United States. Venezuela. At least 23 natives sought medical attention for the disease.