The National Committee for Mexico’s Infectious Surveillance (Konav) issued an emergency alert for cough or pertusis on the weekend.
In the first week of April, health officials across the country announced 2,549 possible coughing cases, of which 696 were confirmed. So far, 37 in 14 states have died by Pertsis.
April 12 Warning The hospitals and clinics have been advised to report all positive and potential events, and should conduct medical studies and pursuits in all possible cases.
The announcement comes Six weeks after the Health Ministry (SSA) issued a similar warning Following the confirmation of 31 states of Mexico and 133 of the 20 in Mexico. At that time, the number of confirmed cases was almost matched with the number of total cases registered in 2024 Health officials blame the shortage of vaccines.
If the pertusis is actively in circulation in a community, even a complete vaccine is likely to catch the disease.
According to John’s Hopkins MedicineCoughing is very infected and mainly affects infants and young children. Disease – is caused by bacterium Portedella pertusis – Violence is characterized by coughing mantras, which ends with the characteristic of “hub” as the air is inhaled.
This disease – it can last up to 10 weeks and leads to pneumonia and other complications – like colds, nose or congestion, sneezing, and sometimes with mild cough or fever. Usually, after a week or two, severe coughing begins.
Symptoms include sneezing, nasal discharge, fever and sore, water -rich eyes.
Children who need to vaccinate are at risk of pertusitis. Instead of coughing, children may have pause in their breath, which is called shortness of breath, which is very serious. The disease is sometimes dangerous to young children.
According to SSA, the disease has been confirmed in most of the Mexican states. Companies with a large number of confirmed cases in the first week of April:
- Siva: 77 cases
- Mexico City: 74 cases
- Aguaskalites: 69 cases
- NEWA LYON: 62 cases
- Kohuwila: 46 cases
- Jalisco: 39 cases
- State of Mexico: 33 cases
According to the newspaper L debate, Pertusis has been on the rise after many years of decline. A large number of cases in the United States arrived in 2012, and 72,000 cases of two continents confirmed voubting cough.
Over the next 10 years, cases fell, which reached 3,238 cases confirmed by 2022, and the trend was reversed by 2023.
In July 2024, Ban American Health Organization issued an epidemic alert As far as Latin America is concerned, the vaccine coverage during infections and an increase in cough cases worldwide during the Kovit -19 infections.
With reports from UniversalOvarian Debate And Country Mexico
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