While participating in the interview program Frente a Frente of Corporación Salvadoreña (TCS), the official detailed the efforts of the entity and other government agencies to prevent further spread of the disease and to remain in a safe area, when already in the entire region of the Americas there are reports of 11 million contagions.

The victim was a minor, who died on Sunday, who, like the six previous victims, falls within that age range, while the red alert has been in effect since July 3, Alabi said.

“We reiterate the call to parents and caregivers of children to be attentive to any sign or symptom of alarm, to consult immediately and avoid self-medication,” he said.

We are in an area of alarm and we are approaching an area of risk that increases the fears of reaching an epidemic. We rule out diseases other than dengue, we do PCR tests to be certain.

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