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The director of Health Surveillance, Guillermo evenspoke this Sunday, on the La Lupa program and warned that the epidemic of this viral disease continues on a high plateau.
He pointed out that the cases that are approaching 4,000 per week are very strong and that they really did not manage the probability of it being that large in the country and that the only salvation will be winter.
In that sense, He explained that currently a large part of the population is suffering from the disease. The chikungunya It is a disease that affects many organs and can cause arthritis, hepatitis, inflammation of the heart, kidneys, muscle inflammation or encephalitis, he emphasized.
“We continue on a high plateau with almost 4,000 cases per week and its distribution is changing. If we do nothing, our only salvation is going to be winter,” he pointed out.
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