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The municipal health department of Florianópolis confirmed the first case of dengue fever in the municipality in 2019. This confirmation took place last Friday (1/2). The patient is a man, lives in the mainland region of the municipality and is doing well.
This is the first Aboriginal registration of the year – when the disease is contracted in the same locality
The Center for Zoonosis Control in the Capital informs that it has taken the recommended environmental protection measures and that he works in dozens of neighborhoods with pitfalls and awareness of the population.
The health authorities are also asking for the collaboration and the commitment of the whole population to contribute to the elimination of any reservoir or reservoir of water, the main potential of the breeding sites of mosquitoes Aedes aegypti
History
Santa Catarina closed the year 2018 with disturbing figures concerning the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which transmits diseases such as dengue and zika virus. The one centimeter insect is present in at least 76 municipalities in Santa Catarina, considered mosquito infested, a record in the state. The brand represents an increase of 20.6% over the same period in 2017, which had registered 63 municipalities in this condition.
In addition, the state added 15,886 Aedes aegypti homes in 164 municipalities of Santa Catarina last year, an increase of 37.3% over 2017, when 566 households were located in 144 cities.
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