Santa Cruz demands declaration of health emergency due to dengue fever in Bolivia
Authorities of the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz (east) demand the national government to declare a sanitary emergency due to the Dengue Fever epidemic, whose cases total more than 4,700, declared Paola Weber, Director of Citizen Security of the Santa Cruz government.
“After analyzing the situation, it was determined to demand the national government to declare a national sanitary emergency, considering that there are cases of dengue in eight departments, municipalities with a declared sanitary emergency, such as the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Guardia, El Torno, Camiri, among others. We need to have other types of resources,” said the official. Read More…