The records of patients with confirmed diagnoses of cholera rose yesterday to 47, with the detection of four new cases, while 11 people are hospitalized with suspicious symptoms of the disease that manifests with diarrhea and vomiting.
Meanwhile, the health authorities reported that they intensified vaccination against cholera, which is aimed at targeted groups, with the inclusion of permanent posts, students and staff from various schools and house-to-house visits in areas selected as vulnerable, as well as measures search and control of the disease that has been concentrated to date in sectors of Greater Santo Domingo.
To date, 2,040 doses of cholera vaccines have been administered; 345,853 doses of the influenza vaccine and 16.2 million doses against Covid-19. Of all, they explained, the country is available to meet the requirements in accordance with the established protocol.
The doctors Eladio Pérez, Vice Minister of Collective Health; Lucía Vargas, director of Immunopreventables by Vaccines; Yocasta Lara, director of hospital centers of the National Health Service (SNS), and Gina Estrella, of Risks and Disasters of the Ministry of Public Health.
new cases
The four new positive cases of cholera reported yesterday correspond to people residing in the communities of Villa Liberación in El Almirante in Santo Domingo Este, where there is currently the main outbreak of the disease, after La Zurza, where the first outbreak, have not had new infections for four weeks.
To date, according to the Health authorities, the country has not confirmed any deaths from cholera.
Lara reported that there are currently 11 hospitalized patients with suspicion of the disease, all adults. Nine are admitted to the Félix María Goico hospital, one to the El Almirante hospital and one to the Moscoso Puello.
The 2,040 vaccinated
In turn, Dr. Vargas explained that of the 2,040 doses of the cholera vaccine placed to date, 271 have been applied to people between 50 and 60 years of age; 627 in those between 15 and 49 years old; 78 doses in children from one to four years; 69 in those from five to eight years old and 91 doses in those from nine to 14 years old.
