The artist has exhibited in Campinas, the last 3; three people who were in the same place a week earlier died of the disease
Singer, songwriter and actor Your Jorge53 years old, doing well, with no symptoms of Rocky Mountain spotted feveraccording to his press office this Wednesday 14. On the 3rd he performed at the Fazenda Margarida, a Campinas.
Three people who had been in the same place a week earlier, on May 27, for another event, died of spotted fever, according to Campinas town hall. Three other possible cases are awaiting confirmation from laboratory tests: one person has died and two are hospitalized. Of this trio, two people (including the one who died) were at the farm on May 27 and a third went to the Seu Jorge concert on June 3.
The artist’s press office released a note according to which “the health of Seu Jorge and his team is preserved and no one has presented any kind of symptoms. In view of this, we would like to reiterate that the singer will continue to carry out his concert program normally”.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by two species of bacteria, both transmitted by the bite of the star tick, which usually remains in horses, cattle and capybaras. The incubation period of the disease is up to 15 days, so whoever has been to the Seu Jorge show continues until the next 18 within the period in which the disease can manifest itself. Among the main symptoms are: high fever, body aches, headache, lack of appetite and reddish spots on the skin.
The three people whose deaths from Rocky Mountain spotted fever have already been confirmed are a 36-year-old woman from São Paulo, who died on June 8; a 42-year-old man, resident of Jundiaí, who died on 8 June; and a 28-year-old woman from Hortolândia, who died on the same date. They were all at the Margarida farm on May 27th.
A 16-year-old teenager from Campinas died on June 13 and the cause is still under investigation. A 40-year-old woman from Hortolândia is hospitalized in a private hospital in Campinas awaiting test results. These two were also at the Fazenda Margarida on May 27th.
A 38-year-old woman, residing in Campinas, was on the farm on June 3 and is hospitalized in a Campinas hospital awaiting test results.
The events already characterize an outbreak of spotted fever and the district of Joaquim Egídio is considered a risk area for the disease. The Secretary of State for Health warned this Wednesday for people who were at the Fazenda Santa Margarida, in the period from May 27 to June 11, and have fever and body aches, headache or reddish spots on the body , contact immediately to a doctor and tell the doctor that you have been in the area. Of the 12 confirmed cases of the disease this year in the state, three were people who attended events held there.
Source: Terra
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