Pedro Gullon, general director of Public health And Health Equity, assured this Tuesday from the Palace of Moncloa that “the presence of corpses in the populations most affected by the epidemic does not present a great momentary risk for public health”. DANA in the Valencian Community. He said this in response to concern expressed by residents of villages devastated by the storm about diseases that can be transmitted by the dead that have not been collected.
Gullon assured that there was no reason to suspect the transmission of diseases from corpses and placed particular emphasis on the anger. “Certain infections classically associated with corpses, such as the transmission of cholera, require the presence of the transmitting microorganism,” said the director of Public health, while assuring that in Spain “we do not have a significant presence of cholera and we have not detected any cases in recent years”. However, even if Gullon minimized the risks posed by deaths in the streets of Valencian municipalities, he said that there were risks and that these “have to do with the quality of water and mud, where can develop micro-organisms”.
Pedro Gullon is part of the health coordination group composed of Carlos Mazon, president of the Valencian Community, respond to the health and epidemiological risks resulting from the passage of the DANA. It is one of the five groups announced by the Valencian president. The storm left more than 200 dead in the province of Valencia and at least 89 people are still missing. He Army, Emergency services and hundreds of volunteers have been working for a week to clean the streets of the most affected municipalities. Also clear road access routes to facilitate access for emergency vehicles.
The director of Public health Today he gave advice to volunteers working on cleaning tasks to avoid contagion in the face of the high epidemiological risk posed by the accumulation of water and mud in the streets. The presence of micro-organisms and food contaminated by the passage of floods also constitute a high risk. Gullon recommended the use of gloves, boots and masks to avoid contagion and prevent an outbreak.
