The alert against dengue is maintained

• May 3, 2024

The federal health secretary, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos informed that the country remains on alert in the fight against dengue to prevent its spread, for which sanitary actions will end at the end of the year.

In this sense, Cordova Villalobos , clarified that despite the presence of the mosquito Aedes aegypti In rare areas of the Mexican Republic, it has registered a decrease in infections of 5%, compared to 2009.

However, the federal official said that they will not lower their guard: "Therefore, the fight against dengue will not end until the end of November or December."

Cordova Villalobos He pointed out that there are many factors for the spread of dengue It is taking place as climate change, which has led to the presence of abundant rainfall. It should be noted that dengue is not transmitted by contact with the infected person, so it is not necessary to take drastic measures such as quarantine or isolation.

In this regard, the doctor Mirta Roses, director of the Pan American Health Organization (OPS) , commented: "We have to find ways to make people not panic, or try to find the guilty outside because the culprit is definitely inside, many times, inside the houses."

Actions to control dengue

According to the OPS , self-medication or use home remedies against dengue , should be discarded, so it gives the following recommendations to stay alert against this disease.

1. In homes and areas of potential reproduction of mosquito transmitter dengue They should be cleaned regularly.

2. The correct elimination of the solid waste .

3. Improve and take care of water storage.

4. The best way to combat the dengue community participation continues to be so that the same population is responsible for eliminating larval hatcheries and improving the habitability conditions of their own environment.

Video Medicine: 95 Patients Joined | for Dengue Treatment | in Fever hospital | Hyderabad (May 2024).