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The states of Amazonas and Roraima have a measles epidemic, according to the Ministry of Health, Amazonas already has more cases of the disease than Roraima with 263 confirmed cases of the disease up to To June 20.
According to the Ministry, 1,368 cases remain under investigation and 125 have been abandoned. In total, there are 1,756 notifications in the state, or 82.1% (1,441) in Manaus.
Roraima confirmed 200 cases of the disease, but 177 are still under investigation and 35 have been scrapped, totaling 412 reported cases. In total, Amazonas and Roraima have 463 confirmed cases of the disease.
Roraima has reported cases of the disease since February when the first diagnosis of the disease was recorded in a Venezuelan baby aged one year old, who was living with parents on a square in the center of Boa Vista. According to badyzes of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the virus circulating in the state is imported from Venezuela.
Mato Grosso also has cases
In Mato Grosso, a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were diagnosed with measles in Guarantã do Norte, 721 km from Cuiabá. The first two cases were registered after 19 years with no report of the disease in the state.
As the municipality of Guarantã is close to the border with the states of Pará (PA) and Roraima (RR), the epidemiological surveillance of the state investigates whether patients have contracted the virus in Mato Grosso or in from other states.
Measles is an acute infectious disease of a viral, severe, transmissible and extremely contagious nature. It can cause:
- fever,
- conjunctivitis
- malaise
- cough
- red spots on the skin
Art of Measles (Photo: Art Editor / G1)
According to the Ministry of Health, 711.4 thousand doses of MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) have been sent to states since January to meet the demand for services and routine campaigns.
Of this total, 487.4 thousand doses went to the Amazon and 224 thousand to Roraima.
According to information provided by the State of Amazonas to the Ministry of Health, until June 18, 155,510 children were vaccinated, reaching a coverage of 81.2% of the target audience 191,585 people.
In Roraima, 112,971 doses of triple-virus vaccine were administered to Brazilians, Venezuelans and people of other nationalities.
In 2016, the country won a certificate of measles elimination by the Pan American Health Organization, indicating that the Ministry of Health "is currently trying to retain the certificate mainly through strengthened epidemiological surveillance, laboratory network and immunization strategies. "
Vaccination of children under one year of age had the lowest coverage rate in 16 years.The Tetra Viral vaccine, which prevents measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, has the highest low coverage rate: 70.69% in 2017.
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