Global Courant 2023-04-13 05:29:10
Of the 2,523 cases of dengue serious and non-serious registered in 2023, at least 40 percent involve children under 18 years of age.
Official data from the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health (UVS) reveal that Francisco Morazán, Cortés, Atlántida and Colón are the regions with the highest influx of children affected by COVID-19 infections. dengue.
They are joined, but on a smaller scale, by the departments of Choluteca, Santa Bárbara, Lempira, Islas de Bahía and Ocotepeque, five areas that have remained under epidemic alert this year. Incidents that have risen and fallen depending on climate changes at the national level.
Compared to 2022, the year in which 25,300 cases were reported, there was an affectation in children of 60 percent, that is, more than 15,000 minors infected with dengue, a large part was due to dengue serious.
“We are reporting between 150 to 180 cases weekly, so far we have no hospitalized patients. So far this year, only one death of a minor has been reported in the Lempira region,” said Raúl Barahona, coordinator of the Epidemiological Surveillance of dengue.
