On the afternoon of this Tuesday, 4th, a team from the Pará State Department of Public Health (Sespa) participated in a meeting with representatives of the Cametá City Hall, in the Lower Amazon region, to talk about the occurrence of deaths from pneumonia and hemorrhage of patients diagnosed with flu syndrome. In all, 10 deaths have been recorded so far.
The mayor of Cametá, Victor Cassiano, should announce in the coming hours, through a decree, security measures to try to contain the advances of the flu epidemic, which associated with covid-19 can be even more dangerous.
Health agencies suspect that these deaths are related to complications caused by the H3N2 variant of the influenza virus. After the deaths, samples were collected from eight victims and sent to the State Central Laboratory (Lacen), in Belém, for analysis. Most victims are young people between the ages of 18 and 30.
On Monday, the 3rd, the city hall confirmed eight deaths in the last few days at the Cametá Regional Hospital, after showing symptoms similar to those caused by the H3N2 variant. Today, 4, two more deaths with the same symptoms were disclosed on social media by family members.
According to the Municipal Health Department, patients died after the condition progressed to respiratory problems, pneumonia and heavy bleeding through the nose. The prefecture warned the population to avoid agglomerations.
In the city, the Regional Hospital and the Emergency Care Unit (UPA) are getting crowded, with patients in serious condition, with pneumonia and hemorrhage, but still without a final diagnosis of the disease.
In a note sent to Portal Roma News , Sespa confirms that it is investigating, together with the epidemiological surveillance of the municipality, cases of deaths in Cametá, whose samples passed through Lacen-PA and IEC, for the detection of respiratory viruses and other diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and leptospirosis.
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