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Measles control actions continue to be strengthened in all health units of the municipal network, with the supply of vaccines for people aged six months to 49 years. The Department of Municipal Health (Semsa) is also stepping up actions in places with high population concentration, such as in schools in the municipality and state.
On Tuesday, June 26, the 16th Epidemiological Information Bulletin on Measles Cases was published. The new bulletin reports that Manaus has registered, within a week, 283 new suspected cases of the disease. A total of 1,724 cases of measles have been reported since February, when the outbreak began in the municipality, with 265 confirmed cases, 113 abandoned and 1,346 awaiting laboratory results.
The epidemiological bulletin, published every Tuesday, also indicates that the age group with the highest number of notifications is 20-29 years old, or 22.3% of the total number of reported cases, followed by group age 15 19 years (18.8%) and children one to five years old (16.5%).
The northern part of Manaus is still the locality with the highest number of cases, with 37.6% of total notifications. The East Zone was the second largest in the notifications with 30.7% of the cases, followed by the South Zone (17.6%), the West Zone (13.1%) and the Rural Zone (1.0%).
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