SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico wellbeing authorities on Thursday pronounced a flu pandemic in the U.S. region.
No less than 25,900 cases have been accounted for since July, with 42 passings and in excess of 900 hospitalizations on the island of 3.2 million individuals, Wellbeing Secretary Carlos Mellado said.
Disease transmission expert Melissa Marzán noticed that authorities have seen almost multiple times more cases up until this point this year contrasted and a similar period last year.
The people who are 0 to 19 years of age have been generally impacted, with in excess of 13,600 cases detailed in that populace, Mellado said.
Wellbeing authorities said there were a lot of immunizations, tests and medicines accessible on the island.
A record 53,708 flu cases were accounted for in 2015 in Puerto Rico
