AZMEX UPDATE 18-5-19

AZMEX UPDATE 18 MAY 2019


Health Secretariat detects 900 cases of scabies in Sonora
Details Published on Friday, May 17, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano

http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=129278

Hermosillo, Son

So far this year, around 900 cases of scabies have been detected in Sonora, informed the head of the Ministry of Health.

Enrique Claussen Iberri indicated that according to the Directorate of Epidemiology
most of the cases have been presented in the southern municipalities of the state
such as Navojoa, Etchojoa and Huatabampo.

He pointed out that although this year the cases of scabies, better known as mange,
has been widespread in the population, has predominated in children and older adults.

He explained that in order to combat this disease, the Ministry of Health,
in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Culture (SEC),
has intensified prevention and detection sessions in schools.

"We have been working with the SEC to detect cases of scabies in each of the schools
in the municipalities where this disease has occurred," he said.

He specified that this disease is a parasitic problem in the skin that generates itching and redness
and can be transmitted from person to person.

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