According to the Ministry of Public Health, there has been an increase in the cases of dengue and malaria, over the last four weeks. Both tropical diseases are transmitted by mosquitoes.
In the last four weeks, health officials have registered 176 probable and confirmed case of dengue, a 21% increase over last year. The epidemiological bulletin for week 45 highlights that so far this year there have been 1,101 cases of dengue notified and in the last week, some 38 probable cases, with around half affecting minors under 10 years old.
As far as malaria is concerned, in the last four weeks there have been 15 cases confirmed, 13 within the country and two brought in from abroad. The locations of the outbreak of the disease were in La Ciénaga, in the neighborhoods of Hato Nuevo, Nigua and La Guáyiga, in Santo Domingo West.
The two cases brought into the country were a man and woman, aged 22 and 35 respectively who had arrived from Venezuela.
So far this year there have been 438 cases captured in the system, a number that is 78 more than at the same time last year.
Most of the malaria cases are coming from Santo Domingo west and Public Health is warning the population to keep water sources covered to prevent the mosquitoes from breeding.
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Listin Diario
28 November 2018
