Oaxaca, Mexico – 750 cases of lice reported – ALERT

Posted on April 14, 2011 • Filed under: Latin America Health, Mexico, TRAVEL

The Secretary of Health of Oaxaca has been detected in at least 25 schools in the capital and the Central Valley area – between primary and kindergarten, outbreaks of lice and nits. The director of the Disaster and Emergency Unit Epidemiology in reliance Javier Salazar Ventura, reported that 18 of the outbreaks are under control, however there are 7 active, where control is maintained epidemiological (health fence), with the help of teachers and parents to detect the source of contagion. Reported that the number of people affected more than 750 cases, 90 percent of them under 14 and 3 years old. Read Article

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