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15/05/2012
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All schools have canceled classes for two days after the outbreak
The schools in the state, municipal and private in the city of Mangaratiba, the Costa Verde region of Rio de Janeiro, have resumed their work on Monday (14), after being two days without class due to an outbreak of hepatitis A.
The statement was given by the Municipal Secretary of Health Sergio Rabinovici.
Rabinovici explained that the classes have been suspended since last Thursday (10) for treating reservoirs, water tanks and cisterns. According to the secretary, the situation is still worrying. 37 were confirmed cases, a total of 144 suspected.
- There are cases occurring, but there is a significant decrease. There is a mobile Cedae (State Company for Water and Sewage) that is doing the analysis of water, but we have to ban some alternative sources that may be contaminated.
Also according Rabinovici, beyond the work of water analysis, the team Cedae, along with the City, are assisting in the provision of water pipes for the most affected districts, like New Mangalore, Beach Bag and the city center .
- The City itself has released a large amount of bottled water for some households with sick and could not have a water quality.
The superintendent of epidemiological surveillance of the State Health Department, Alexandre Chippe, characterized the situation in Mangaratiba as quiet, not being registered an increase of new cases due to the intensification of control of water.
He stressed that awareness actions, such as distributing pamphlets, being taken to alert the population about the importance of treatment.
- All preventive actions such as chlorination of water to ensure potability will be sufficient to halt the cases that may be due to contamination immediately.
Since last week, about 10 000 bottles of sodium hypochlorite have been sent to the municipality for water treatment and approximately 150,000 liters of drinking water were distributed to the population.
Source: R7 News
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