Many of the infections detected in Limon, the most important Caribbean metropolis within the nation, and within the neighbouring canton of Pococi, positioned additional north and bordering Nicaragua, officers say.
(Reuters Archive)
Costa Rica, a well-liked Central American vacationer draw, is preventing an outbreak of malaria on its east coast, authorities have mentioned.
Health officers carried out house-to-house checks on Saturday in Costa Rican Caribbean cities in quest of malaria circumstances, after detecting an outbreak that has contaminated 60 folks, in line with authorities.
Many of the infections have been detected in Limon [26 cases], the most important Caribbean metropolis within the nation, and within the neighbouring canton of Pococi [32], positioned additional north and bordering Nicaragua.
No deaths have been reported, though the illness is probably deadly.
The director of Health Monitoring, Rodrigo Marin, mentioned that “75 percent of these cases were reported during the last two weeks.”
He mentioned it was unattainable to know whether or not they had been introduced in from overseas.
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Around 600,000 circumstances in Latin America in 2021
Malaria, which is transmitted by mosquitoes in low-lying areas, is endemic in Costa Rica and different Latin American nations.
Symptoms embrace fever, chills, headache and muscle ache.
In 2021, “17 countries and one territory in the region of the Americas with endemic malaria accounted for 0.2 percent of malaria cases in the world,” in line with a report launched in December by the World Health Organization (WHO).
That 12 months there have been some 600,000 circumstances and 334 deaths from malaria within the area.
Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil collectively accounted for nearly 79 p.c of the full circumstances within the Americas, in line with the report.
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Source: AFP
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