Cuba reports first cases of Oropouche fever
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Published at: 28/05/2024 10:30 AM
The Ministry
of Public Health (MINSAP) of Cuba
reported that cases of people infected with the Oropouche
fever virus have been detected in the province of Santiago de Cuba and Songo La Maya.
“There are no serious,
critical or death cases reported from Oropouche,
but that's not why it can be downplayed,” said the national
director of Epidemiology at MINSAP, Francisco Durán.
Despite the fact that the MINSAP did not specify the
number of cases that were registered, it indicated that “all cases have
progressed favorably with improvement of symptoms between the third and
fourth day of the onset of the disease.”
As published by the Xinhua portal,
the
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) indicated that the presence of this disease has
been registered in Bolivia, Brazil,
Colombia and Peru.
It should be noted that Oropouche fever is a virus transmitted by
vectors of the genus Culicidae (mosquitoes) and Culicoides (gnats)
.
MAZO DRAFTING