translated from Spanish: Undersecretary of public health ruled out health alert for cases of cholera and said there is no “relation between patients”

as a result of the confirmation of the Ministry of health of the existence of seven cases of cholera in the Metropolitan Region NA, the Undersecretary for public health, Paula Daza, ruled out a health alert by the bacterial disease, but said that they are studying the situation as it is not usual that there are so many cases in such a short time.

” lee also:ISP confirmed seven cases of cholera in the Metropolitan Region.” “Want calm to the population, because not is is of the cholera epidemic that is highly deadly, but of a cholera not toxigenic”, said the authority. The strain Vibrio cholerae non toxigenic does not cause more serious disease pictures. “Daza, added that it’s cases that have no source in common, there is no relationship between the patients and that even in communes of the Metropolitan Region.” “Among the people there is no coincidence, that it draws our attention, we are doing a very rigorous study to see if we can find a common source”, explained. Among the hypotheses that are handled by the source, the Undersecretary argued that they could be contaminated irrigation water. “Patients who have presented complications out of vomiting and diarrhoea, are those who had other prior pathologies of any infection,” he added and finally indicated that there are no cases of deaths in Chile by these cases.

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