it is working to control the meningitis outbreak in Durango and prevent it from expanding, said Governor Esteban Villegas Villarreal.
reported that so far 22 people have died 70 cases have tested positive, 28 people are in Hospital 450, another seven in the IMSS of Durango, three in the ISSSTE and one in the IMSS of Torreón.
He commented that already seven arrest warrants were released; No person had yet been arrested and the four clinics in which these cases were detected were closed.
Said there is a universe of 1,400 people (at risk of presenting this disease), and that they have contact with all. The Department of Health, both in Mexico and the CDC in the United States, which had a similar case in 2014, They proposed that they be given an antifungal as prevention.
money is required
The president explained that these measures will imply a cost of around 170 million pesos. Each box of the antifungal costs 10,000 pesos and each person requires 12 for a period of two months.
assured that support is being received from the Federal Government (Insabi) and they are ready to request authorization from the 1,400 people and apply it to them.
He said that those who agree to have the preventive treatment will be monitored, laboratory tests will be carried out to find out if it is working, in order to stop this outbreak and keep track of it.
He pointed out that he also work is being done to support cases of people who unfortunately died and that they left relatives who depended on them.
Notifying first who is going to keep custody, to start with a general program with them; being able to look for a fund, that the state allows them to have scholarships for children, nurseries…something comprehensive,” he said.
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The governor was interviewed at the end of a meeting with the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha, virtually, the Secretary of Government, Enrique Inzunza, among other authorities and diplomats.
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