The most viral infectious diseases at this time in Venezuela are influenza, yellow fever and pneumococcus.
The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMEH) confirmed that the Venezuelan territory has already been in the rainy season since April 15, with projection until November. This increases the risk of infectious diseases in the population.
In the country, rains influence the prevalence of several infectious diseases, so infectologists recommend taking forecasts.
María Vikki Zabaleta, an infectologist, said in the program in this country of Fe y Alegría news that “infections in the rainy season, are not myths or legends.”
Therefore, he remarked that when temperatures change in Venezuela and moisture conditions, the environment “lends itself to respiratory diseases and virosis.”
The specialist stressed that the rainy season lasts six months in this tropical region, which is accentuated on virus infections due to lack of control in temperatures and ease of expansion in common sites.
Zabaleta remarked that the world is experiencing greater reproduction of mosquitoes and mosquitoes currently, due to climate change and greenhouse effect.
“The prevalence and reproduction of mosquitoes and mosquitoes has evolved in temperatures and spaces that were previously unthinkable. There are more and that is why it is important to take measures, especially in these seasons,” he said.
The most viral infectious diseases at this time in Venezuela are influenza, yellow fever and pneumococcus.
Dr. Zabaleta mentioned that these infections in these rainy times advance rapidly in the absence of controls within homes, communities and due to the institutional crisis that the country is going through.
Disease care
Given the latent risk in the spread of infectious diseases in Venezuela for the rainy season, the infectologist was emphatic in recommending to risk populations basic care to avoid complications.
“Children under three years of age, pregnant women, chronic patients and senior citizens should be the first to complete preventive vaccines against viruses at this time.” said.
He stressed that despite the lack of control in the public system to provide vaccinations on influenza and other viruses, the private sector also offers them “and are accessible.”
In the month of April of the year 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the mosquitoes of the Aedes genre, which transmit dengue and zika, are increasingly frequent in areas of Latin America.
But the largest recommendations of Dr. Zabaleta was to “prevent at home, in closed and public spaces”, with the use of N95 masks and the basic protocol, already known since the time of Pandemia COVID-19.
