Rio de Janeiro has three cities that recognize facing, at this time, an epidemic of Influenza A. In addition to the capital and São João de Meriti, this Saturday (11), the municipality of Japeri confirmed that it is in this situation
Authorities in Japeri, which has about 106,000 inhabitants and is located in the Metropolitan Region, stated that there was a 48% increase in attendances due to flu-like symptoms.
The City of Rio de Janeiro claims to have diagnosed 23 thousand cases of Influenza A, in numbers that were last updated on Thursday (8).
The State Department of Health (SES) also recognizes that there is an epidemic, activated its contingency plan and installed three tents to reinforce care.
The new facilities are located in the Emergency Care Units (UPAs) in Marechal Hermes and Tijuca, in the North Zone, and in Botafogo, in the South Zone. .
The SES highlights that the moving average of daily visits to patients with flu-like symptoms in UPAs in the capital rose from 173 in the period from 15 to 20 November to more than 4,500 in the period from four to seven of December. A growth of over 2600%.
On Thursday (9), the SES reported having noticed an increase in the number of cases in four more cities: Belford Roxo, Duque de Caxias, Niterói and São Gonçalo, all cities in the Metropolitan Region.
Sought out, the city administrations denied facing an epidemic situation and claimed to have asked for more doses of vaccine from the state government, to which they received no response.
The City of Niterói reports having noticed a 40% increase in the search for patients with these symptoms in the last two weeks.
Mayor of Duque de Caxias, Washington Reis explains that the city experienced a flu peak two weeks ago, but that, in the last seven days, the level of demand for the municipal health network has dropped and stabilized.
The municipality of Belford Roxo recognized an increase in demand for vaccine and highlighted that it has expanded the immunization campaign, which even works with night efforts.
Sought, the SES reported that cases of Influenza are mild and generally do not cause hospitalizations. Thus, the ideal is for patients to seek care in municipal networks.
On Friday (9), the folder distributed over 160,000 doses of the immunizing agent. In all, 100,000 went to the capital and the remaining 60,000 were distributed to other municipalities.
Also on Friday, the city of Rio de Janeiro received another 400,000 doses, donated by the government of the state of São Paulo, through the Butantan Institute.
Reference: CNN Brasil
