Manaus – In the state of Amazonas, 12 cities are in a state of alert or risk the occurrence of diseases transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti (dengue, zika and chikungunya), according to the new report of rapid survey on the indices of infestation. by the Aedes aegypti (LIRAa) of 2018. Of this total, only the municipality of Guajará is at risk of epidemic. Eleven other cities are on alert and 31 are in satisfactory condition.
Besides Manaus, the other cities of the state of alert in the Amazon are the following: Coari, Humaitá, Itacoatiara, Jutaí, Lábrea, Novo Airão, Novo Aripuanã, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Tefé and Tonantins . In the Amazon, most of the breeding sites found were in water supplies (444), followed by garbage (299) and houses (236).