Two more children have died in Santiago from what is thought to be dengue. This brings the total to five people who have died of the disease in less than a week. Kelin Cordero, aged seven and 11-year-old Airon Yahiel Coronado Arias, who lived in La Joya, in Mao, and Villa Liberación, Santiago, were taken to hospital in Santiago with high fevers, head and body pain and other complications.
According to Willy Coronado, father of Coronado Arias, the child was taken to a clinic in Santiago and then transferred to the Arturo Grullon Children’s Hospital but he died after spending eight days there.
Kelin Cordero died at a Santiago clinic to which he was transferred from a hospital in Mao.
Last week a five-year-old girl, Osmairy Ortiz, 7-year-old Alía Tavárez, and 39-year-old Confesor Rosario, both died of dengue in Santiago.
The deaths usually occur when the disease is confused with a normal cold and the patient is given adequate care too late.
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N Digital
27 November 2019