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In the Technical Table on Risk Management in the Event of Hepatitis A Epidemic, they decided to raise the measure of boiling water after new results were reported from the reports submitted by the Institute. National Health Survey (NSI), corresponding to liquid-vital tests in June and July of this year.
It should be recalled that the measurement of boiling water was established on the recommendation of the Risaralda and Pereira health secretariats, given the supposedly positive results indicating that the hepatitis A virus could be in the water consumed at Pereira Dosquebradas.
Although the above-mentioned disease is neither fatal nor has a significant impact on health, the number of cases reported this year -192 has been confirmed – retains the health authorities' warnings, especially since 2018 only, recorded 12 cases.
In the absence of such a virus in water, the most powerful badumption in determining the origin of the epidemic is that it is spread from person to person, hands.
Distribution
The first outbreak of hepatitis A in the department was presented in Dosquebradas around February of this year. The industrial municipality is therefore the one with the highest number of cases to date.
According to data from the Ministry of Health of Risaralda, this disease was recorded in 6 of the 14 municipalities of the department.
To date, 116 cases have been filed in Dosquebradas, 63 in Pereira, 5 in Santa Rosa de Cabal, 5 in La Virginia, one in Quinchía and one in Marseille.
It is important to note that in recent weeks, no new mbadive infections of hepatitis A have been brought to light. However, the protection can not be lowered.
Even from the Technical Office, they point out that the implementation of the INS and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare guidelines continues, indicating that all epidemiological investigations must continue to be strengthened, as well as than all the diagnoses established by the EPS. the department, and constant monitoring of this surveillance in all cases that occur, to see if the epidemic is transmitted from person to person.
Authorities
Olga Lucía Hoyos, Secretary of Health Risaralda, said that "at the 29th week of the epidemiological surveillance system, we have 221 cases of hepatitis A, of which 29 have been ruled out. Of the remaining 192, 80% are confirmed and the remaining 20%. He already has a complete diagnosis by clinic. Recall that at the beginning of this year, we had the epidemic in Dosquebradas, that is why it is the municipality that has the most cases in Risaralda, but the positive fact is that There was no increase like the previous months. We also find that the cases in Pereira did not increase as we thought, because of the supposed presence of the virus in the water ".
For her part, Diana Milena Castañeda, Pereira's Health Secretary, said that "although the new tests on drinking water in Pereira showed that there was no presence of water". 39, hepatitis A in the liquid, the measure of boiling water, you should always consider the recommendations because the contagion is probably pbaded from person to person.Wash filters constantly with hypochlorite washing your hands while eating or handling food is one of the recommendations still in effect. "
Finally, Leandro Jaramillo, Head of Water and Water, emphasized the importance of these new results, as they indicate that the liquid can be consumed directly at the tap and that it is not necessary to boil the water as this can present risks at the time of consumption. "It is important to mention that when the water is boiled, it loses the residual chlorine with which the liquid is purified. Remember that chlorine acts as a barrier, then that if it is boiled, we remove it and the water is exposed. The ideal is therefore to take the liquid directly from the tap, "said the manager.
Reprimand
Although it was determined that the department's hepatitis A outbreak was not in the water, this event allowed all authorities and citizens to be called in order to review a very important management of the watershed basin. Otún River located above the waters and the mouth.
The utility's director, Leandro Jaramillo, said: "We can invest heavily in water treatment systems, but if water continues to degrade at the source, resources will not be available. range, "then the" eyes "will have to focus on the source. We must make interventions in the liquid from the mouth. We must build sewage systems, reforest, buy land, completely prohibit dumping, control the city, these are the real challenges. "
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