Public health expects lower gastroenteritis cases, but still follows recommendations

The General Administration of Public Health predicts Fewer people affected by gastroenteritis outbreak Tarazona, Los Fayos, Torreras and Midas are all affected, although health advice and the advisory for affected people not to drink water remain in place.

Starting this Tuesday at 3pm, When cases rise to 478no new affected persons reported, As announced by Aragonese Director of Public Health Nuria Gayán when asked about the situation at the press conference presenting Aragon’s vaccination campaign against respiratory infections.

Gayan said that the number of cases and the process of infection are closely related to Gastroenteritis caused by water pollutionwhich is “a very high number to start with” and the curve declines when exposure to pathogens decreases, measures are taken, and even due to losses in contamination load, but in addition, Can spread from person to person“This is true.” The outcome of the epidemic is not a sharp decline, but a peak.

This week, when tracking Section of the Quails River Bottom Gayan said “a lot more data” is expected in the search for the Cryptosporidium protozoan that causes the disease.

Since learning about the epidemic on the 11th, the sampling conducted until this Monday has not yet produced results that determine the focus of the epidemic because the epidemic has not yet been discovered. No leaks or illegal activitiesTherefore, Health Minister José Luis Bancalero did not rule out that the drag was caused by heavy rains in the previous days.

Therefore, although as the Director-General of Public Health emphasized They don’t want to wait to get back to normal “No longer than necessary”, it is recommended to continue to implement these recommendations.