The eighth child died due to bacterial disease in Ecuador. The bacterial infection affected at least 46 people in the indigenous communities in the Amazon region. The patients arriving at the hospital had severe and similar symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
Health officials stated that investigations are ongoing regarding the circumstances of the disease outbreak and whether insufficient preventive measures contributed to increasing the severity of the illness. At the same time, the infected individuals were transferred to intensive care units to receive the necessary treatments.
The effects of these cases raised concerns among analysts and health officials about the potential spread of the disease if effective measures are not taken to control it. The indication points to the fact that the disease has arisen from the contamination of food and water with dangerous bacteria that attack the digestive system.
