The province of Santa Cruz has registered more than a hundred active cases of empty shells among people currently suffering from the disease. Most of them are minors who have not completed the five-dose vaccination schedule.
Authorities of the Department of Health (Headquarters) insist on urging parents to take their children to vaccination sites to receive the pentavalent vaccine to prevent this and other diseases.
According to official data, 737 positive cases have been registered so far this year. As of this week, there are 106 active personnel, with five hospitalized and two in critical condition.
Although only one confirmed case has been recorded in recent days, authorities remain vigilant as cases have increased over the past three weeks and three education centers have reported outbreaks.
Carlos Hurtado, epidemiology manager at the headquarters, reported that five people are hospitalized in different medical facilities, and two others are in critical condition and have been hospitalized for more than two months. “They have other underlying conditions which means they are in intensive care. They are children under the age of two,” he said.
The rebound in recent weeks is reflected in the positivity rate, which currently stands at 10%.
This is also shown by the active cases, which are distributed in ten cities, the majority of which are located in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (89). The remaining cases were reported in LaGuardia (4), Valle Grande (4), Palon (2), Kotoka (2), Montero (1), El Torno (1) ), Varnes (1), San Julian (1) and San Jose from Chiquitos (1).
school outbreak
Last week, an outbreak of shell fungus broke out in three educational units in the capital, affecting about thirty students.
Due to the situation, these institutions closed classes for a few days and changed face-to-face classes to virtual classes. Fumigation and disinfection of different spaces.
Likewise, epidemiological surveillance is being carried out to detect unvaccinated children.
Sedes remembers that Wulian not only prevents whooping cough, but also diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, pneumonia and Hib meningitis.
The first dose is given one and a half months after birth; the second, two and a half months later; the third, three and a half months later; the fourth, one and a half years later; and the fifth, at four years old.
Doses are available at health centers. There are also motorized brigades.
Santa Cruz has registered 737 positive cases so far this year.