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A 71-year-old man died of a yellow fever in the state of Rio de Janeiro. With the confirmation of death, the number of deaths caused by the disease in the state increased to 85. Although the case was recorded by the Department of State Health (SES) In Petrópolis, in the mountainous region, the prefecture of the city reported that the victim was a resident of the municipality of Rio
of the state capital who was in Petropolis for a single day on June 2 in Pedro do Rio district According to Petropolis prefecture, the elderly did not take the vaccine against yellow fever because he had cancer.
According to the agency, there are no registered cases in the district or in other parts of the city, according to the agency, there is no no cases registered in the district or other areas of the city. . In the municipality, 264,497 yellow fever vaccines have already been applied.
Annual Balance
According to SES Health Surveillance this year, there were 264 cases of wild yellow fever in humans in the state of Rio de Janeiro. in Costa Verde, was the municipality that had the highest number of deaths. Of the 57 cases registered, there were 15 deaths caused by the disease.
Measles
The Secretary of State for Health badyzes the possible site of measles virus infection of two law students, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ( UFRJ). According to the Ministry of Health, to date, Rio de Janeiro has officially informed the body of 18 suspected cases of the disease and two confirmed cases.
The cases of young women were among the four under badysis, which had already been announced by SES. The state health and municipal secretariats did not indicate whether the other two files had already been ruled out, they only said that they would only be disclosed if the contaminations were confirmed.
In the case of the two UFRJ students, the samples were badyzed by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in the reference laboratory of the Ministry of Health Since the first suspicion of the circulation of measles in the State, SES and the Municipal Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro working in partnership
Confirmation of the diagnosis of measles in the two students led the municipal secretary to do, at the beginning of the month, a blocking vaccination in the campus of the National Law School to avoid contamination in other people attending the teaching unit.
In the state of Rio, protection against measles is through three viral and tetraviral vaccines, available according to schedule The vaccination schedule of the dough for children is one dose at 12 months (triple viral) and another at 15 months (tetra viral). For adolescents and adults up to 29 years, two doses are recommended and can be triple or tetravalent. From 30 to 49 years, the indication is single dose (triple or tetravalent). Measles, which has already been one of the leading causes of infant mortality in the country and can leave neurological sequelae, is transmitted by viruses, causes red spots on the body, a high fever, a cough, a coryza, conjunctivitis and white patches on the oral mucosa
The Ministry of Health has scheduled a national vaccination campaign against measles and polio between 6 and 31 of August. D-Day will take place on Saturday, August 18th
Edition: Juliana Andrade
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