Daniel Salas, Chief of Health Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, indicated that when the sanitary alert was issued on June 11th there were 21 cases, so that means seven more cases have been identified in two weeks.
Preliminarily, 18 of these 28 cases had been classified as imported; they are still gathering information to finally classify them,”
said Salas.
The official explained that the increase was expected and will continue, especially due to the situation in Nicaragua that increases migration to this country.
A few weeks ago Health authorities had explained that the migration in the Northern Zone, specifically in the mining area in Crucitas in Cutris de San Carlos, increases the risk of more imported cases, so it is necessary to find the possible patients and give them the required attention as soon as possible.
With the health warning, it was suggested that staff would be sent to farms or agricultural areas, where there might be infected people, in order to provide adequate treatment and avoid foci of dissemination of the disease.
Malaria is a deadly disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted by the bite of the Anopheles mosquito in areas less than 500 meters above sea level. Intermittent fevers, chills, sweating and headaches and muscle pain are some of the symptoms.