Havana/Little by little, authorities continue to recognize the existence of more probable cases of Oropouche in the country, but the health system faces a crucial problem: the shortage of diagnostic reagents.
On this occasion in Las Tunas, the health authorities explained, without giving specific figures, that there has been an increase in the percentage of the population that reports having fever and diarrhea in the Colombia municipality, according to Newspaper 26. While, in the community of Bartle, which does not exceed 15 thousand inhabitants, there is an increase in febrile syndromes that are also worrying.
Despite recognizing that since last June 20 there has been an increase in people who have presented symptoms in the province, the Director of Health, Viviana Gutiérrez Rodríguez, explained that “there are no samples that confirm the existence of Oropouche in the population of Las Tunas. ”. In the city, the situation has escalated enough for the local press to highlight that “the health alarms are beginning to go off with the rise in fever cases.”
This increase in probable cases of the disease, transmitted by mosquitoes culexcan also be found on social media where residents of the province have reported that there are a large number of cases, which are not even properly diagnosed. Thus, when they go to the doctor with headaches, fever and diarrhea, they are told that “there are no reagents.”
Some patients report that in Sancti Spíritus doctors only recommend drinking water with lemon and honey to relieve the symptoms of the virus
In Holguín, meanwhile, residents are complaining that they are “overwhelmed” by the virus. “Although local television acknowledged it a few days ago, the reality is that the virus is having a tremendous presence here,” a resident of the province told this newspaper.
In Sancti Spíritus, the situation is similar to that of Las Tunas and Holguín, there are many undiagnosed cases, or worse still, that are not attended to by the Health system due to the lack of the necessary supplies.
According to some residents of the area, who spoke with 14ymediowhen they go to the doctor seeking help, they are met with the same refusal about the existence of reagents and the recommended treatment to alleviate the symptoms is simply “drink water with lemon and honey.”
“What they do is write you down, there, on a statistical list and tell you what I told you, to drink water with honey and lemon. He takes paracetamol, drinks a lot of liquids and now… rests,” a resident of Sancti Spíritus explained to this newspaper when he went to the doctor after presenting symptoms, along with his mother and his minor nephew.
