Via the Chilean Ministry of Health website, a report posted on January 14: Promueven medidas preventivas contra virus Hanta entre veraneantes que salen esta semana. [Preventive measures against hantavirus are promoted among vacationers going out this week] Excerpt:
Con el fin de estimular a los veraneantes que salen esta quincena para que prevengan posibles contagios por virus Hanta, el subsecretario de Salud Pública Jorge Díaz, efectuó esta mañana una visita al terminal de buses San Borja, de Santiago. Este recinto concentra buena parte de las líneas de transporte que van a sectores rurales de la zona central y sur del país.
With the goal of alerting vacationers leaving town on the 15th to the possibility of being infected with hantavirus, Jorge Díaz, subsecretary of Public Health, this morning visite the San Borja bus station in Santiago. This station concentrates many of the transport lines serving rural areas in the central and southern parts of the country.
La autoridad repartió volantes informativos a los pasajeros que salieron de viaje, con el fin de que conozcan la manera de prevenir la enfermedad con medidas simples y cuiden así su salud y la de sus familias.
The official handed out information leaflets to passengers to let them know how to prevent the disease through simple measures, and thereby protect their health and that of their families.
Hay que recordar que la época de primavera-verano es donde se produce el mayor riesgo, debido a que aumentan las actividades al aire libre en campos y bosques. De hecho más de un tercio de los contagios se producen durante actividades recreacionales.
Spring and summer are the seasons of greatest risk, since there is more activity in the open air in fields and forests. Over a third of cases are contracted during recreational activities.
