The first cases of dengue fever of the year in Salta appeared in Tartagal

January 25, 2019 – 5:44 pm
The first three cases of dengue fever in Salta, in 2019, were reported in Tartagal, in the north of the province, where three elderly people contracted the disease, while badyzing the occurrence of febrile cases in the neighborhood. Oran and warning of the possibility of an epidemic in Bolivia.

The first three cases of dengue fever in Salta, in 2019, were reported in Tartagal, in the north of the province, where three elderly people contracted the disease, while badyzing the occurrence of febrile cases in the neighborhood. Oran and warning of the possibility of an epidemic in Bolivia.
Sources from the Salta Ministry of Public Health said the population is being asked for extreme care and preventive measures to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, as the first three cases of dengue fever have been reported in the province, in the city of Tartagal. .

It is about three adults, one of whom records a history of travel to Bolivia. All were treated at the local hospital "Juan Domingo Perón", are in good condition and continue their treatment in outpatient clinic.

As usual in these cases, the Tartagal Operational Zone, with the help of the province's epidemiology, performs blockage operations to prevent the spread of the mosquito.

The cases reported in Salta are added to the 16 recorded this year, in the rest of the country, in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Misiones, Santa Fe, Chaco and Entre Rios.

On the other hand, the head of the Salta laboratory network monitoring program, Francisco García Campos, met with Oran's operational sector health team and the secretary for the environment. sustainable development of the municipality, Carmen Olivera.

The purpose of the meeting was to coordinate prevention work prior to the emergence of febrile cases in the neighborhood on February 20, where the tasks of blocking, local control and insecticide spraying, joint task of the teams of public health, have been carried out. and the national vector service.
"The important thing is to continue to strengthen actions to control the mosquito aedes aegypti, dengue transmitter, Zika and Chikungunya, and in the presence of cases, we have strengthened the supply of repellents," said García Campos, adding that there was no case of zika nor chikungunya "so far this year in Salta.

The vector specialist recommends extreme prevention measures to the public, paying particular attention to the areas surrounding the house and inside the house, to eliminate any items that can be used by the female. for laying eggs.