Published Date: 1999-10-16 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Cholera advisory - Guatemala
Archive Number: 19991016.1837
CHOLERA ADVISORY - GUATEMALA
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:47:14 -0400
From: "Marjorie P. Pollack" <pollackmp@mindspring.com>
Source: ACAN-EFE 12 Oct 1999 [in Spanish
http://www.latnn.com/cgi-local/daily.pl?285-09
[Translated by MPP
Alert for more than 134 000 cases of diarrhea and some 170 of cholera
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The Guatemalan health authorities increased the "red alert" to 9 departments
of the interior of the country due to more than 134 000 cases of diarrhea
and some 165 [cases of cholera, 3 of which were fatal, due to the severe
flooding provoked by the rains of this year.
The departments of Escuintla (south) with 48 944 [cases, Santa Rosa
(southeast) with 16 729 [cases and San Marcos (northwest) with 14 099
[cases, were the departments most affected by diarrhea, according to the
chief of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, Mario Gudiel.
In these regions there have also been reported 11, 5 and 12 cases of cholera
respectively.
In the departments northwest of Totonicapan and Quiche there were 3 persons
who died from cholera and another 55 cases [of cholera, while 21 460
suffered from diarrhea, according to the official [Dr. Mario Gudiel.
According to the source, in Retalhuleu and Suchitepequez, on the south
coast, there were 15 422 persons with diarrhea and another 57 with cholera.
Meanwhile, in Izabal, on the Atlantic coast, there were 7263 cases of
diarrhea reported and 13 of cholera, and in Jutiapa (west) 10 618 cases of
diarrhea and 12 of cholera.
Due to the outbreaks of these diseases in the nine departments a "red alert"
is being maintained which obliged the authorities to mobilize more persons
in order to avoid that the epidemics spread, said Gudiel.
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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 06:04:17 -0500
From: Carol Pennel <pennel@swbell.net>
Source: AFP 14 Oct 1999 [in Spanish
[Summary by JPW
Minister of Public Health Marco Tulio Sosa has declared a nationwide state
of alert for cholera, which has killed 12 people in recent weeks, &
threatens to spread all over the country because of the increasing rains.
He said that in 1999 there have been 1163 supected cases of cholera with 196
confirmed, especially in the south, north & northwest. Out of Guatemala´s 22
departments, those most affected are: Escuintla, Retalhuleu, Suchitepequez
(south), Izabal (northeast), Alta & Baja Verapaz & El Quiché (north).
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