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09-08-2010, 03:50 PM
The government estimated yesterday that there have been 1,600 cases of malaria in the country this year, a situation that is attributed to the increase in illegal Haitian migration. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said that despite the decrease in the incidence of the disease over the past four years, unfortunately this year there has been an increase in the number of cases of malaria.
"Illegal persons are arriving; migration has increased and unfortunately a good number of cases the cases diagnosed are imported", the official told reporters in the Presidential Palace, after meeting with Vice President Rafael Alburquerque in his office.
Rojas Gomez said that there is an epidemiological watch at the border to control measles, rubella, malaria and other diseases that may be imported. He stressed that more than a million doses of vaccinations have been administered to Haitians and Dominicans who cross the border or stay on the other side.
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"Illegal persons are arriving; migration has increased and unfortunately a good number of cases the cases diagnosed are imported", the official told reporters in the Presidential Palace, after meeting with Vice President Rafael Alburquerque in his office.
Rojas Gomez said that there is an epidemiological watch at the border to control measles, rubella, malaria and other diseases that may be imported. He stressed that more than a million doses of vaccinations have been administered to Haitians and Dominicans who cross the border or stay on the other side.
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