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MOST AFFECTED
42.6% of ARI cases are children under five, while those of school age, five to 19 years, represent 14.5 % of patients, also with
For one more week, Chuquisaca is in an alert zone due to the increase in cases of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI), which has reached this level. times 9,637, or 6% more than last week; at the same time, there were also positive positives for influenza that reached 23.
The instruction for all municipalities is to strengthen epidemiological surveillance, as the Department is, as the previous week, in an area epidemiological alarm, reports SEDES chief of epidemiology, Ronald Pérez.
According to the data corresponding to the 28th week of control of the SEDES, cases of IRA increased by 6%, with a total of 9 637 affected people, of which 42.6% (4112) are children under five years old.
"In this group, there is also an increase compared to previous weeks when there was an average of 38%," commented Pérez
. In rural areas, the municipalities that have recorded the highest number of IRA cases are Alcalá, Huacaya, Camargo, Padilla, Poroma and Yamparáez.
More cases of influenza
For this week, 12 suspected cases were reported of influenza and three were confirmed, so that until this year Chuquisaca identified 93 suspects, doubling the number of 2017 management, and 23 positive, of which 14 are influenza type B and nine of AH1N1.
78% of patients with one type of flu are people aged five to 59, which means that they are not part of the age groups considered at risk, but in a population that suffered from underlying pathologies.
The Chief of Epidemiology reminded that there are still vaccines available to the population in the municipalities and called for the application of people with chronic diseases, pregnant women, persons over 60 and children under two years of age
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