The death of eight children In the town of Taisha, in the Amazon province of Morona Santiago, border with Peru, by leptospirosis, and the increase in cases of yellow and cough fever, in other localities of the country, they took Daniel Noboa’s Ecuadorian government … to declare epidemiological alert in several provinces.
The death of indigenous children has caused a lot leptospirosisan infection by the leptospira bacteria that is usually in the stool or urine of infected animals and that is transmitted to humans by water or contaminated soil or by direct contact with these animals.
In addition to the eight deceased minor, the authorities said There are 46 patients who have related similar symptoms, and that they are receiving treatment in Health establishments from their communities. Treatment is a mixed antibiotic scheme, one for Leptospira and another for enterobacteria.
The emergency operations committee (COE) adopted health contingency measures generated by the increase of the two immunoprevenable diseases, and it was arranged for brigades to increase vaccination days.
But the Minister of Health, Édgar Lama, clarified that “in the country we are not facing a national epidemic, but in the face of localized situations.” And regarding the Yellow fever said that “the disease is contained in the Amazon” and that it has a regional cause, since Peru and Colombia face similar situations, so the vaccine will be required for travelers who come from those two countries, as well as Brazil and Bolivia.
In April, the Colombian Government declared the health emergency throughout the country before LA active circulation of yellow fever virus; while Peru deployed vaccination brigades after the increase in cases of coughing.
More than 300 cases of cough
To date, they have been confirmed 321 cases of cough In the provinces of Guayas, Pichincha, Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, and four cases of yellow fever in the provinces of Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe.
This Saturday, the authorities had the use of masks in the educational schools of the provinces of Guayas, Pichincha, Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.
Doctors consulted talk about heavy rains in the region And the increase in ambient temperature, by climate change, propitiates the spread of vectors that in stagnant waters gives way to the reproduction of mosquitoes that transmit yellow fever. If it was known that in Colombia there were several cases, prevention measures had to be taken, they commented.
