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In 300% of dengue cases, the number of dengue cases increased between January and February compared to the same period in 2018.
To date, 2,465 dengue cases have been reported throughout the country, while last year, only 462 cases were reported.
Despite the exaggerated increase in the number of people with the disease, the authorities badure that they still can not decree the emergency.
The increase in the number of cases is 1,300 more compared to the epidemiological week number seven of the previous year.
The coordinator of the Ministry of Health's parvovirus surveillance, Gustavo Urbina, said that "the majority of cases are concentrated in Cortes, San Pedro Sula, Yoro, Olancho and the metropolitan area of Tegucigalpa, the population must remain clean and take security measures. "
The authorities of this ministerial portfolio badure that the emergency situation can not be declared, because they still have resources to take care of the population.
Urbina said 1,763 people had clbadical dengue fever and 672 cases had been diagnosed as severe dengue, according to the Ministry of Health's epidemiological report.
The areas that have become home to dengue fever are San Pedro Sula in Cortés; the central district, to Francisco Morazán; and Yoro.
Similarly, Comayagua, Olancho and Colón are considered as areas with the highest concentration of people with vector-borne diseases.
Urbina said efforts are being made to combat the high number of dengue cases in the country, but that they need the collaboration of the population.
"It's everyone's responsibility to keep us clean and avoid getting sick, you have to inspect every corner and determine whether or not mosquito breeding sites exist to eradicate them," he said. Urbina. (DS)
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