Bogota, 16 sep (EFE).-the Ministry of Social protection of Colombia today launched a call to alert travelers to visit the Atlantic coast, in the North of the country, after the official of the health of seven confirmed of measles cases authorities report
Is of “a call for all travellers to go to move to the Atlantic coast to 15 days prior to travel, to attend institutions (..)” “and were vaccinated against measles and rubella, for free,” warns today a recommendation of this portfolio in Bogotá
Travellers “should be alert to symptoms such as fever, rash all over his body, cough, stuffy nose and eye irritation”, adds warning.
In the last hours of the National Institute of health (INS) confirmed a new case of measles, which are already 7 reported to date.
The latter affects a child under 8 months of age, in the city of Barranquilla.
Warnings were made by the Colombian Government to host the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommendations.
The Pan-American body invites travellers to be vaccinated against measles and rubella to reduce the risk of reintroduction of the virus of these diseases already eliminated in America.
In recent weeks some 200,000 people have been vaccinated in areas of the Caribbean Colombian coast, of which about 80,000 in Barranquilla, city in which occurs the resurgence of the measles.
Colombian health authorities recommended, Furthermore, that the personnel of health, transport, and tourism sectors are also vaccinated against diseases viral.
In Colombia not had cases of measles since 2002, he recalled today the Ministry of the protection Social.
Health officials in the Department of Cauca Department (southwest), on the other hand, revealed that Friday in a rural area near Popayan, capital of that territory, there is an outbreak of chicken pox with three tens of cases. EFE
