Q COSTA RICA – The Surveillance Directorate of the Ministry of Health has reported an outbreak of hepatitis A cases in a corporate center located in San José, with nine people having been confirmed with the virus and four awaiting the results.
Hepatitis A is a viral disease spread from person to person and is characterized by yellowing of the skin, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Health has revised the general guidelines for monitoring mercury poisoning, which was detected in the Cutris community in San Carlos and other surrounding areas in February.
Mary Munive, Costa Rica’s Vice President and Minister of Health added that at the end of June, Salud disposed of over six tons of cyanide and 73 kilograms of mercury that were polluting the water in the Cutris community.
The Surveillance Directorate of the Ministry of Health indicated that an outbreak of hepatitis A cases was reported in the Centro Corporativo Internacional, located in San José, housing the administrative offices of the Ministerio de Salud.
Nine people were confirmed with the virus and four are awaiting the test results.
Hepatitis A is a viral disease that is transmitted from person to person. The main symptoms are yellowing of the skin, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain.
In other information, the Ministry of Health renewed the general guideline for monitoring mercury poisoning, after last February it was detected that the water of the Cutris community in San Carlos and other surrounding areas were contaminated with this chemical element.
The Vice President and Minister of Health, Mary Munive, referred to this.
At the end of June, Salud destroyed more than six tons of cyanide and 73 kilograms of mercury that contaminated the water in the community of Cutris de San Carlos.
