Mexico faces a severe outbreak of pertussis

The Ministry of Health of the State of Querétaro, reported that so far 22 cases of pertussis have been recorded in the state. According to José Francisco Hernández Puga, head of the Hospitalary and Epidemiological Surveillance Network, the contagions correspond to 11 women and 11 men. The municipalities with the highest prevalence of the pertussis virus are: Querétaro, Humilpan and El Marqués, where the suffering mainly affects children under on…

Until the epidemiological week 15, which ended on 12 April, there were 749 cases of pertussis in Mexico, representing an increase of 62%, compared to the 463 recorded during all 2024 and 298%, compared to the 188 reported in all 2023.The evidence shows that this is a serious outbreak and it is not known if it has already reached its peak.Last year, at this same week, there were only 24 cases.That is, today there are 725 more cases.Link ImageInfo…

In Mexico, pertussis reactivates health alerts. 749 cases have been confirmed nationwide and 45 deaths have been recorded due to this respiratory disease, but it is Puebla that has the red focus: the highest lethality rate in the country, with 28.6%, based on data from the federal health secretariat. Pertussis is easily transmitted by air and its symptoms begin as a common cold: light fever, mochao, sneezing... but over time, cough becomes stron…