Dengue cases increase in Mexico

• April 25, 2024

According to Ssa's secretary, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos , the number of cases of dengue has decreased by 5%, compared to this year.

However, this figure does not correspond to the statistics that reflect some entities of the Mexican Republic, which have registered a significant increase in cases of dengue.

An example is the state of Zacatecas . This year it has registered 432 cases, of which 30% are hemorrhagic and the rest are simple dengue .

Meanwhile in Warrior Duplication has been reported in cases of dengue . So far 972 sick patients have been presented of which 681 are of type classic and 291 hemorrhagic , in addition to four deaths .

This figure surpasses that registered in 2009, when 480 cases of dengue occurred. Therefore, the Secretary of Health of this state gives the following recommendations:

1. Promote campaigns cleaning Y fumigation .2. Lack vases , neither aquatic plants within households, because larvae of the mosquito transmitter have been found in the sampling dengue .3. Alert with stored water and clean the patios of the houses.

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