Brazil Dengue News: Federal District may have eclipsed record for cases
Belo Horizonte emergency, National death toll
Federal District dengue record
The director of Epidemiological Surveillance at the Department of Health from the Federal District (DF) said Saturday that they are close to or may have already registered more than 72,600 cases of dengue this year – the number of notifications for the entire year 2022.
This will be confirmed in next week's epidemiological bulletin.
According to Director Adriano Oliveira, the bulletins are not fed in real time, they depend on updates made by those who are busy serving the population. “Our care teams are responsible for registering those cases considered suspected of dengue within the system. But, naturally, due to the emergency level of care, it is difficult for them to register immediately.”
According to the Ministry of Health, on Wednesday, February 14, Brasília had a total of 67,897 probable cases since the beginning of the year - of this total, 66,361 are residents of the city and 1,536 from other Federation Units, but who were treated in the public network from DF.
Belo Horizonte
The epidemiological scenario led the Belo Horizonte City Hall to declare a public health emergency. The measure is a result of the epidemic of dengue and other arboviruses in the capital of Minas Gerais. Actions to combat diseases extend to all areas of the city for a period of six months, which can be extended if necessary.
The text of Mayor Fuad Noman's decree was published this Saturday, in the Official Gazette of the Municipality. The Municipal Health Secretariat (SMSA) will have to establish general guidelines for the implementation of measures to combat the public health emergency situation, “being able, within the scope of its competence, to issue complementary rules for the faithful execution of the provisions of this decree”.
One of the measures defined in the decree authorizes forced entry into vacant, uninhabited or abandoned public or private properties. This action can be done without prior authorization from the owners. “Following an already established flow of action, forced entry will be carried out after three inspection attempts on different days and times. If the visit is not possible, a report with the risk situation for arboviruses will be sent to the bodies responsible for inspection to take the appropriate measures”, informed the city hall.
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Brazil dengue death toll
In a follow-up on the dengue death toll in the country, 94 confirmed deaths from dengue have been reported by the Ministry of Health.
In addition to these, there are another 381 under investigation to find out whether the cause of death was due to the disease.
There are still more than half a million suspected and confirmed cases nationwide.
It is estimated that the state of Minas Gerais has already recorded almost 200,000 probable cases of the disease, including 60,000 confirmed.
