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Brazil has registered 822 confirmed cases of measles so far this year, 17.6% more than those recorded up to ten days ago by the Ministry of Health in its report on this disease , official sources said today. [19659002AccordingtotheMinistryofHealthortheESCASwhichwasconfirmedintheStatesofAmazonasandRoraiminourcountryordecountrytherewithVenezuela3831othercontentsexaminedbyanitaryauthorities
this portfolio, all cases are related to the importation of the Venezuelan virus, since it has been found that the virus circulating in Brazil (D8) is the same as that of Venezuelan territory.
"It should be noted that measures to block vaccination, even in suspected cases, are conducted in all states," said the ministry in a note posted on its website.
Of the 822 confirmed cases, 519 were recorded state of Amazonas and 272 in Roraima, as well as a few isolated cases in the states of Sao Paulo (1), Rio de Janeiro (14), Rio Grande do Sul (13), Rondônia (1) and Pará (2).
According to the health portfolio, Brazil is putting in place preventive measures and blocking the disease throughout the country through vaccination to interrupt the transmission of outbreaks and prevent the establishment of 39, sustained transmission. 19659004] You may also be interested: Another 131 Venezuelans are transferred to four cities in Brazil
"To be considered a sustained transmission, the same epidemic should last more than 12 months".
One of the health entities' recommendations is that adults who have not been vaccinated against measles receive the vaccine, mainly in areas where there are outbreaks.
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EFE
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