US EditionBolivia's Most Populous Region Declares "Healthy Red Alert" for 3 Cases of Measles
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La Paz, Bolivia The health authorities of the Bolivian region of Santa Cruz, the most populated in the South American country, declared Friday the "red health alert" in that eastern department after confirming its third positive case of measles.The director of the Departmental Health Service (Sedes) of Santa Cruz, Jaime Bilbao, confirmed to the media the declaration of the "red health alert in the department of Santa Cruz, before the confirmatio…
The cases of measles in the department of Santa Cruz rose to seven this Monday and from the Departmental Health Service (Sedes) declared “high health concern” following the red alert issued last week. Among the new...
During the last few hours, 14 people were known to be under epidemiological surveillance due to close contact with a person with measles. The patients belong to the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses and have participated in a massive event in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, where they could have acquired the disease. This was reported by the General Directorate of Epidemiological Coordination of the Ministry of Public Health, detailing that on …
Santa Cruz faces its highest level of epidemiological emergency after seven cases of measles have been confirmed in the department. The red alert, declared by the Departmental Health Service (Sedes), responds to the imminent risk of community contagion due to the active circulation of the virus in several areas of the border territory.
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