Intensify combat against dengue in Quintana Roo

• April 25, 2024

As part of the work to combat the dengue , the Ministry of Health of Quintana Roo intensifies the programs clean patio Y descacharrización in the nine municipalities of the state and establishes programs to reduce the number of cases.

In this regard, the general director of the State Health Services, Saúl Badillo Perry, explained that at the end of the week epidemiological number 29, they were registered 639 cases of dengue in the state, of which 222 were hemorrhagic and 417 classic.

The official explained that Cozumel it is the only municipality exempt from this virus, while the statistics indicate that the Othón P Blanco areas have 243 cases, 189 hemorrhagic and 54 classic and Benito Juárez presented 121; 32 hemorrhagic and 89 classic.

In Tulum 55 are reported, of which 21 are hemorrhagic and 34 are classic; Isla Mujeres with 19, two of the most dangerous type and 17 classics; Solidaridad one of the municipalities that has participated most in the program of descacharrización has 18 cases with three hemorrhagic and 15 classic.

He added that we work in a coordinated manner between the state government and the municipal governments, "and above all with the participation of the community to keep their yards clean and free of mosquito breeding sites. Aedes aegypti”.