Tuesday, 24 July 2018

PRO/EDR> Varicella update (12): Colombia (Medellin)

Chicken Pox -- Colombia
Quarantine was declared in Bellavista prison because of a varicella outbreak. The authorities are currently assessing the inmates and measures are taken, aiming to avoid additional cases.
In the last few hours, 460 inmates from ward 16 in Bellavista prison were placed into quarantine after a varicella outbreak had been detected, which led to placing 7 inmates under isolation conditions.
Mr. Jorge Carmona, a human rights attorney, declared that this measure had upset the inmates'

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5924859&promed&0

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