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The Dominican Republic has recorded 1,101 cases of dengue fever So far this year, according to the most recent epidemiological data, the Ministry of Health has recommended to intensify the preventive measures to prevent epidemics.
According to data from National Directorate of Epidemiology, which are published today on the site of the Ministry of Health, one person has died from this disease so far this year, compared to four people who died during the same period in 2017, when 1,209 cases were counted.
During the last epidemiological week, 45, 38 dengue cases were reported, 16 more than the same week of the previous year.
According to the information gathered, since epidemiological week 29, there has been a steady increase in the number of reported cases and the positivity of dengue, transmitted by the mosquito. "Aedes aegypti", the same that spreads chikungunya, zika and yellow fever.
In this regard, the Ministry of Health has recommended to intensify preventive measures to prevent epidemics, especially in high and medium risk municipalities.
The bulletin also indicates that so far this year, there have been 438 cases of malaria, up from 360 in 2017.
In the last week, 15 confirmed cases were detected, two of which involved a 22-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man. Venezuela.
To date, one person has died in the country of this disease.
On the other hand, the bulletin indicates that 51 people died this year of leptospirosis, 10 of tetanus, 3 of meningococcal disease, 3 of tetanus, 2 of human rabies and 1 of cholera.
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