17 hospitalized with dengue as prevention fight continues

WITH the fight to contain the growth of dengue in full swing, 17 people are hospitalized with symptoms, two of them with warning signs of a severe attack says the Ministry of Health (MoH).

According to the epidemiological unit of the MoH, until December 20, a total of 2,906 cases were reported nationally.

Meanwhile health authorities imposed fines on over 100 homes and businesses over the pre-Christmas weekend for harboring breeding sites of the aedes aegypti mosquito, carrier of the sometimes fatal disease. Over 40 sanctions were issued In San Miguelito alone
Some 752 cases have been recorded in Panama city says a news report. Bocas del Toro, follows with 596 cases; Panama Oeste (342) and San Miguelito