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The measles epidemic that reaches the Amazon worries the health authorities of Rondônia after about 20 years of the last case recorded in the state. At present, two diagnoses have been confirmed and one is under investigation.
The National Health Surveillance Agency of Rondônia (Agevisa) has requested that the Ministry of Health anticipate the state vaccination campaign, which should begin next Monday (9). The doses, according to Agevisa, have already been sent for distribution in the municipalities of Rondônia.
The latest and most recent case of the disease in the state occurred last month. In June, a five-month-old baby arrived from Manaus with his family and arrived in Porto Velho with measles.
The child was released from Cosme and Damião Children's Hospital. The suspicion, previously, was that the girl had rubella. In the same hospital, there is another case of a patient, about 1 year, under investigation.
The measles epidemic in the Amazon leaves Rondônia in a state of alert
In Vilhena (RO), an area located just over 700 kilometers from Porto Velho, a woman 28-year-old, also from Manaus, contracted the disease
According to the infectious disease expert Antonieta Machado, it is important that people seek a doctor soon in the first possible signs of the disease.
"In Seeking medical care, the professional will know if the case is a flu and any other type of viral disease or may be suspected of measles, "said Antonieta
The medical infectiologist also explained that measles causes a immunity in the patient, which can lead to complications and lead to
"It is very important that people try to update the vaccination card. This will include the measles vaccine. "
Agevisa activated the Ministry of Health so that the body could anticipate the state's measles immunization campaign in Rondônia
According to the coordinator of Agevisa's exanthematous diseases, Cleidea Amaral, the goal is to start vaccinations next week, contrary to the original schedule, scheduled for August this year.
"More vaccines have already been sent to regional municipalities that distribute doses. It is a matter of doing this intensification in children from 12 months to less than five years, as well as updating the adult vaccination card that is planned until the age of 49. years, according to the basic calendar ", explains the coordinator.] Last month, after a 20-year absence of measles in Rondônia, a case was reported by the Central Public Health Laboratory of Rondônia (Lacen) in Porto Velho [19659015] A five-month-old child from Amazonas (19659017) Children with measles were cared for at Cosme and Damião Children's Hospital in Porto Velho, Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.Childhood with measles was followed at the Children's Hospital of Cosme and Damião, in Porto Velho (Photo: Gaia Quiquiô / G1) "src =" data: image / jpeg; / 9j / 4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD BwYIDAoMDAsKCwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT / 2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQ UFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBT / wgARCAATABkDASIAAhEBAxEB / 8QAGQAAAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAcBBAUG / 8QAFwEAAwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwQFAv / aAAwDAQACEAMQAAABafQoSVzN + + wpMQ2XwtQhWsa a DAF / EAB0QAAIDAAIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEAAIFARITFiP / 2gAIAQEAAQUCztPuO6VWKHTXRP1tBukFxhts5kc2iuNezaUskBgbIaU5W 1vDSf + / xAAYEQEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgAQIf / aAAgBAwEBPwFi31MS6uf / xAAaEQACAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQIDEBES / 9oACAECAQE / AY2qOkdFeP / EACcQAAEDAwEHBQAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAgMREiETBCIxMkFRcRRhgZGh / 9oACAEBAAY / AmsG07LFQji6pOd78W / PJOBPrNDXUp2bjooxFFp6ji93uVzIj0zJeFA mFNfGWskddS4npRbRG2VkGnEJGE9X5xnwFyu + + // 0b4mn4T7RbTsnXgO8hcq EACEQAAICAgEEAwAAAAAAAAAAAAERACExQWEQUXGBkaHw / 9oACAEBAAE / IVBfoqEUnge8Y1y2CewPOYIUKiSSXdzkfAlmtQEPBiGa9VBkvtZrTm6ip1J5PxfT9QeKND9TIiUxEAVv2FzgT / / aAAwDAQACAAMAAAAQCehA / 8QAGREBAQEAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQARIYHB / 9oACAEDAQE / EFGDt3jp8IFhf // EABkRAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAEVEhMf / aAAgBAgEBPxACwojXvt4mGpGqkVn / xAAgEAEBAAIBAwUAAAAA AAAAAAABEQAhMUFRgRBx0fDx / 9oACAEBAAE / EEi9LBF1zwA sVbJkbSWSjfVm5sucPbrrPtqW3to7elQ + e4agBih1etYMMOIsadug0VTjwbBwkHfCwNqSKHX3WfjfjGll4AvMOK1jmkHh35wOYGkOTNy591z / 2Q == "/>
The patient received a dose of the child with measles at the Cosme and Damião children's hospital in Porto Velho (Photo: Gaia Quiquiô / G1)