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The number of people killed by dengue has risen to 54 this year in Honduras and patients with the disease are collapsing in public hospitals, health authorities said Wednesday (17.07.2019). The Ministry of Health records "54 deaths in 23,304 cases, of which 16,509 are serious," said Ministry spokeswoman Jessenia Herculano.
"Of the 32 public hospitals (which are in Honduras), 26 have collapsed" by patients with dengue, because the others are psychiatric or specialized, he lamented. On July 2, the Honduran government declared national alert against dengue fever, registering 44 deaths in 15,406 cases.
"This epidemic can only be stopped if we eliminate mosquito breeding sites," Health Minister Alba Consuelo Flores said earlier in the day, urging people not to treat themselves. He added that the fumigation campaigns "eliminate the mosquitoes that steal and sting the population, but that the solution is to eliminate the hatcheries that are in the homes" of the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
President Juan Orlando Hernandez announced Tuesday an increase in actions to fight the mosquito Aedes aegypti at the origin of the disease. "We are allocating resources to expand the treatment rooms for (fighting) dengue fever in different places," said the president.
The fumigation took place Tuesday in Tegucigalpa to prevent the spread of the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
According to official statistics, 2010 was the worst year with 83 deaths. The authorities fear, however, that this year the number of cases will increase in the months to come because the rainy season has just begun, when the proliferation of mosquitoes carrying the virus increases.
Three children killed in the Dominican Republic
In the Dominican Republic, the number of dengue cases between January and 22 June is 3,433, compared with 1,558 in 2018, according to a bulletin from the Ministry of Public Health, which has three dead children. Children under 15 represent 86% of those affected. The authorities have not yet declared an outbreak, but they have asked the population to take extreme measures against the mosquito that spreads easily in the water sources.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that dengue fever is "rarely fatal," but that its complications can be fatal and that there is no specific treatment. Wilson Roa, president of the Dominican Medical Association, told AFP that "there could be" up to 27 deaths ". But the minister defends his action by indicating that preventive measures have been strengthened, with elimination of vectors and fumigation.
The climate – with increased rainfall this year and at the gates of the hurricane season – has been an important factor in the cyclical re-emergence of dengue fever, said infectious diseases specialist Clemente Terrero. After a steady decline for three years, this time "the outbreak has been very important and aggressive," notes the specialist. "The epidemic begins and we have to prepare for the worst," he warns.
The Honduran authorities have recommended to the population that, in the event of symptoms such as high fever, headache, vomiting and rashes, to go to the nearest health center, a recommendation that can be extended to other regions. presence of dengue fever
lgc (afp / efe)
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