Chicken pox is diagnosed in Venezuela at a Boa Vista shelter | Roraima

Chicken pox, also known as chicken pox, is a contagious disease. The main symptom is the appearance of skin lesions that manifest as reddish blisters and may progress to mild fever.

"Last year, until December, 488 cases of the disease were reported in the capital, of which 105 were Venezuelans living in shelters and on the street. The number is in the normal range, and in 2017 about 1,500 cases were reported among children in the capital, "said Roberta Calandrini, director of epidemiological surveillance at Boa Vista.

According to the town hall, three cases of chickenpox were confirmed in children housed in the Rondon 3 immigrant shelter, in a woman living in Rondon 1, both in the southern part of town, on September 13, and In another. child in Canaã, in the west.

The target population for vaccination in shelters where Venezuelans live are children from 9 months to 5 years and pregnant women. The main way to prevent chickenpox is vaccination.

Whenever diseases are identified in shelters, the Acolhida operation, which occupies the migratory flow, informs those responsible for vaccination actions, said Major Eduardo Milanez, spokesman for l & # 39; transaction.

"We have provided all the information to the city and to the state so that this quick response can be given on time.They have already come, the vaccines have already been applied and are now applied to children under one year old and pregnant women, "says the major.