Outbreak

Honduras's metropolitan region has recorded 96 suspected and 32 confirmed whooping cough cases, six deaths, and three infants under one year old in intensive care through epidemiological week 32, with health authorities urging vaccination for children under five and pregnant women.

Honduras's health ministry is monitoring a nationwide increase in diarrheal and stomach infections in children and adults, with tests still under way to identify the cause, and urges hand hygiene and food safety precautions.

Health authorities in Atlántida are monitoring three people with suspected measles while laboratory tests are pending to confirm or rule out the disease, amid a broader national outbreak with 12 confirmed cases.

Honduras's Health Ministry is advising parents to vaccinate infants as young as 6 months old against measles during the current outbreak, with follow-up doses at 12 and 18 months.

Physicians in Honduras report a recent surge in COVID-19 cases and are urging the public to resume biosecurity measures, particularly mask-wearing, especially in healthcare and public settings where transmission risk is highest.