These people and others affected by the flooding of the Paraná, Itapua and other rivers now receive state medical care as diseases such as influenza and gastroenteritis become increasingly contagious in overcrowded makeshift camps. Today, they are housed at this location, the newspaper added.
According to official data cited by the newspaper, public doctors have conducted hundreds of consultations on these conditions in recent days, especially in the 11 most affected provinces near these rivers, such as Misiones, Hayes Departments of the Presidency, Embuku, Itapua and Guaira. .
According to a report from the General Administration of Health Supervision of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, the flood disaster has caused about 7 deaths and 17 injuries.
“Última Hora” newspaper explained that the rains affected most of the country’s 17 provinces, forcing residents to leave their homes, properties and workplaces, with official agencies evacuating them to shelters without the necessary conditions.
Sources added that thousands of victims sent to these shelters were also victims of other respiratory diseases, leptospirosis, and bites from snakes and other venomous animals.
The Meteorological Bureau predicts that there will be storms in the past few days, with wind speeds up to 120 kilometers per hour, and cumulative rainfall between 50 and 80 millimeters.
Days earlier, another similar weather phenomenon hit much of the country, including the capital Asunción and cities in the neighboring central province, leaving two people missing, widespread material damage, flash flooding and dangerous rapids.
During the current winter season (October and November), such meteorological events occur frequently in the Guaraní nation.
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