Just hours before the end of the year, the O’Higgins Health Ministry, Carolina Torresconfirmed this Friday the third case of hanta virus so far in 2023 in the regiontwo more people than in 2022.
Is about a 41-year-old man infected in the Christmas communewhich is found hospitalized and in good condition.
«An epidemiological investigation is being carried out and also the environmental conditions where this contagion could have been generated,» Torres explained.
Hantavirus is a condition transmitted to humans by long-tailed mice and can be fatal.
«At this time we are at greater risk and to the extent that we identify a risk we must function preventivelyso in work spaces it is important to use personal protection elements, if we know that long-tailed mice have been detected in the sector and in places where we could get close, whether doing recreational activities or taking a walk. or a picnic, remember everything that corresponds to garbage management,» said the seremi.
Some of their recommendations are manage short grasses, maintain rodent control, keep waste in containers with lids, keep woodsheds, cellars and permanent ventilation in good condition to avoid the risk of exposure to mice.
During the past year, only one case of hanta was recorded in O’Higgins.