Asunción, IP Agency.- The Ministry of Health reports that severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) mostly affect groups of people over 60 years of age and older, as well as children under 2 years of age who do not have the complete vaccination schedule. for influenza or SARS-CoV2.
This is stated in the updated Sentinel Surveillance report corresponding to epidemiological week (EW) 14 and reproduced by the health portfolio.
Within this period, the proportion of admissions to the intensive care unit, as well as that of deaths from SARI, so far remains within what was expected.
The respiratory viruses identified in the last week in patients hospitalized for severe acute respiratory infections are: SARS-CoV2, Influenza A H1N1 and Rhinovirus.
In the presence of fever and respiratory symptoms such as cough, sore throat or other, it is recommended to use face masks, go to the appropriate medical consultation to have a diagnosis, determine the virus and receive the corresponding treatment, and comply with the indicated rest. to prevent the spread of the virus.
Likewise, the population is urged to receive annual vaccination once morest respiratory viruses to reduce the risk of hospitalizations and associated deaths. Likewise, it is important to keep the regular vaccination schedule of children up to date, especially those under 5 years of age.
These vaccines, once morest influenza and covid-19, are indicated for the population, from 6 months of age onwards.
In recent weeks, the highest proportion of respiratory cases in outpatient clinics, 46%, is due to influenza, followed by SARS-CoV2 (33%), the virus that causes covid-19.
In the sentinel centers, 160 people were hospitalized for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), in most cases associated with SARS-CoV2, followed by influenza.
61% of hospitalizations correspond to people over 60 years of age, 51% are adults and 49% of hospitalizations correspond to pediatric age.
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2024-04-28 20:26:50