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Dengue fever is on the rise in Minas Gerais, with four deaths in 42 days is greater than 17,800, 59.4% higher than the 12 months of 2018. In the last four weeks es, the incidence of the disease was high or high in 38 cities and the state is in a state of vigilance due to diseases. The number of probable cases reached 17,860 in just one week, and the Ministry of Health (SES / MG) reported the increase in the number of notifications. about 44.9%.
The history of dengue fever shows that an epidemic of the disease occurs every three years. The last time, it was precisely in 2016, when 519,050 probable cases were recorded. Last year, they were 17,860 and in 2017, 25,933.
The number of presumed deaths also increases. According to SES / MG, four people did not resist the same symptoms of the disease. Cases are being badyzed. In 2018, 23 deaths were recorded, of which nine confirmed. The others are still the subject of an investigation.
The state is on alert because of the increase in the number of cases. "The SES-MG specifies that a larger number of cases are expected for this period (hot and rainy months) because of the seasonal nature of the disease.So, the state is attentive to this increase in the number of cases of diseases transmitted by Aedes (dengue, chikungunya and zika), "he said.
Chikungunya and zika
The fight against the epidemics of Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes should be reinforced by the population. Other diseases transmitted by insects are also very present. Regarding chikungunya, Minas Gerais recorded 317 probable cases of the disease this year, of which seven were pregnant among the suspected cases. Two had a laboratory confirmation. In 2018, there were 11,765 notifications and a confirmed death. No cases of death related to the disease were recorded in 2019. In the case of zika, 92 probable cases of the disease were recorded.
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