Rio de Janeiro registered the first two cases of measles in 18 years, informed the Health Department of this state on Monday after this virus was found in other parts of Brazil.
patients are students at the law faculty of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Last week, the Ministry of Health confirmed a measles epidemic in the states of Amazonas and from Roraima, in the north of the country. eradicated since 2016.
Until June 20, 463 cases (200 in Roraima and 263 in Amazonas) have been confirmed and 1,545 are under investigation, said the ministry in a bulletin
. So far this year, they have been registered in Roraima, a state bordering Venezuela and the main recipient of the increasing flow of migrants from that country. According to laboratory studies, the strain of the virus found in Brazil is the same in circulation in Venezuela, a country that is suffering from a severe crisis with a high food shortage, products on the other hand, from the other side. after data from the Ministry of Health, up to June 11, two cases of measles were confirmed among the Brazilian Yanomami in the same border region and 24 additional cases in the Venezuelan Indians. The human rights organization Survival International has issued an alert: "These communities are the most vulnerable.
Emergency medical help is the only thing separating them from the devastation" , he said. director, Stephen Corry.
Measles is a contagious, respiratory disease caused by a virus. Red spots on the skin, fever, cough and conjunctivitis are some of the symptoms.
Vaccination in Brazil is permanent and not stationary, but the government has stepped up operations because of recent low immunization rates and the reappearance of the vaccine. sickness
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