Ibague
The Secretary of Health of Ibagué, Liliana Ospina, He reiterated his concern with what is happening with dengue in the cityonly in the first 5 months of the year the cases that were reported throughout 2023 in the capital of Tolima doubled.
“To date we have registered 8,415 cases with a confirmed mortality of two cases, It is a situation that not only faces the city, at the departmental level, nationally and even in Latin America,” Ospina said.
According to the official, At an international level there is also a strong impact that has generated significant outbreaks in recent years regarding dengue, this also related to climate change.
The head of the health portfolio He strongly appealed to citizens to comply with the recommendations that have been delivered because bad behavior is the main cause of the epidemiological spike.
“Minors continue to be the most affectedspecifically children from 0 to 13 years oldthat is where we have the mortalities, the serious cases, the cases with alarm signs and the high occupancy of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit,” he pointed out.
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