Leptospirosis under control

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It's been two days, and another death as a result of leptospirosis has yet to be reported. Also, the number of new patients hospitalized for the disease has also decreased. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said that the leptospirosis outbreak is now getting under control, but explained that although numbers are dropping, the Public Health authorities will continue carrying out prevention work. Yesterday 867 UASD medical students volunteered to inform the public on how to effectively prevent the spread of leptospirosis. The students went from door to door in some of Santo Domingo's poorer neighborhoods, handing out pamphlets and providing information about the disease. Rojas also said that the spread of the disease should be treated as an inter-institutional issue, as was recommended by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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