TEGUCIGALPA, June 22 (Xinhua) -– The Honduran government declared on Tuesday an emergency state due to the increase of dengue cases, a disease which has killed nine people this year in the country.
Acting President Victor Hugo Barnica, after a ministers council meeting, announced that an Inter-institutional Commission of the Emergency for the Dengue Prevention and Control was established to deal with the situation.
President Porfirio Lobo is absent for supporting its national soccer team in South Africa.
The Health Ministry has registered more than 10,000 cases of classic dengue and 400 of hemorrhagic.
Most of the dengue cases have been reported in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, where the efforts to stop the disease have not been enough,according to an official statement.
The combat against dengue in Honduras has been difficult because workers of the health sector have occupied several buildings demanding a salary rise.
