An outbreak of dengue fever and hepatitis has broken out in the vicinity of Coyote, Matamoros municipality, said residents of that and nearby ejidos, who confirmed that classes at Technical High School No. 14, José Joaquín, have been suspended for about two weeks. Fernández de Lizardi, as several cases have been confirmed there.
The ladies that El Siglo de Torreón spoke to said that they were notified just as a student presented with hemorrhagic dengue fever (severe dengue fever) and who was said to have been hospitalized at the Social Security, when they were notified, to temporarily close the school to make the necessary arrangements. , so students receive their lessons remotely.
They mentioned that although they had already asked the health authorities, they did not come to disinfect the communities that make up the area that makes up Coyote, Buen Abrigo, Los Ángeles and El Fénix.
To apply pressure, people are organizing via Facebook to collect medical evidence confirming that they have or have had an illness to see if the brigades will be listened to and sent.
“Here, whoever you ask tells you that they have a family member or acquaintance with dengue fever, dengue fever and hepatitis have occurred here in elementary school and kindergarten,” said one of the ladies who participated in her daughter's pre-school; María Concepción Pámanes de Contreras, from the Coyote ejido.
The Justo Sierra elementary school is located next to the kindergarten building, and they said they were aware that the principals of the institution had officially requested the medical staff to disinfect the building.
Parents were notified via WhatsApp groups yesterday that they were scheduled to help clean up on Friday, September 20, but thought it should be done at the nursery as well, insisting that “Lots of dengue fever.”
“General cleanup at Justo Sierra School, Friday, September 20th at 7am, bring spade, hoe, wheelbarrow and trash bag. Please remember that your participation is very important,” reads the flyer they sent you.
Not far away is the Buen Abrigo ejido, which even divides these communities with an irrigation canal, in which you can see huge “green” puddles and garbage, and next to the canal are the 21 de Marzo elementary school and the María Montesori kindergarten. .
The mothers of the families stated that preventive measures should also be taken because they are afraid that their children will become infected because they say in the puddles “There are a lot of mosquitoes.”
At the other end, along the same canal, is the building of secondary school number 14, where the alarms went off in the student community.
The Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Education of the Laguna Region confirmed that classes have been suspended since Wednesday of last week, and that there are currently two cases of hepatitis and six cases of dengue fever, one of which is hemorrhagic and has already been treated. was dismissed, three teachers were also infected, a mayor and a prefect, three of whom have already recovered and two are recovering.
School officials said the building has already been disinfected and cleaning and removal work has been completed.so the rest of the week will likely continue with online classes and they will return to their activities until next time.
The ladies interviewed said that there are 600-700 students, as there are five groups per year (from A to E) and they come from Solima, Purísima, Buen Abrigo, Los Ángeles, El Fénix, Coyote, La young people. Luz, Hormiguero, they estimate that there are about 10 communities from which they “come down”.
In addition, the High School College (Cobac) operates in the afternoons in the same building and currently has three groups, one with about 25 students each year.
“They suspended classes when they took the girl with hemorrhagic dengue fever to Seguro, I think she is a small woman, but everyone here brings dengue and some have hepatitis. There are many people in El Fénix, and we are already asking them to come and disinfect the farm, to come to the houses, but they are not listening, and on Facebook they are telling people to gather, bring a paper that the doctor gave them, that they need to check, to pay attention to them.
One of them counted seven dengue patients among the patients at the time; a cousin, an uncle's wife, a child in kindergarten, a minor in elementary school, the grandson of the man in charge of cleaning the square, a married couple, etc. – Other people's speeches.