Honduras hit by a deadly disease

The Honduran government is on alert due to the dengue epidemic that has been driving down the country in recent months. The number of people infected with this disease surged in recent weeks due to constant rains that have hit these days have helped to increase the deadly mosquito breeding sites. Hospitals are overcrowded, and many have no quota to meet sick people who come from various parts of the country. In the department of Colón, one of the most affected, 60% of the population is suspected of having dengue, and this means that six of every ten people have symptoms of dengue.

So far 43 Hondurans have lost their lives due to dengue hemorrhagic fever, a deadly variation of the disease. In addition, the Hospital Escuela, in the capital reported 1025 suspected cases of dengue hemorrhagic weekly. Meanwhile, the number of people infected by common dengue is 33, 628 throughout the country.

In PAHS, we have taken steps to prevent the spread of the vector, keeping clean our gardens and monitoring the campus to prevent the formation of breeding of these mosquitoes. Community authorities were also part of the campaign against dengue and went to spray the town and surrounding communities. We hope in God not being affected by this epidemic. The levels of this mortality disease have increased considerably, with an increase of over 500 percent. As health minister has been forced to resort to various humanitarian agencies to request financial assistance and logistics to prepare an effective anti-dengue campaign to undermine the high mortality rates in the country. Dengue is an acute viral disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquito, which breeds in standing water containers and is unused every year claiming thousands of lives not only in Honduras but in several countries in Central America.

Please, pray for us, may God protect our people.