Yellow alert in the valley in case of possible increase of dengue, zika and chinkunguña

The high temperatures and isolated rains that have caused the "El Niño" phenomenon in recent weeks have led to the yellow alert in Valle del Cauca; These climatic conditions are responsible for the proliferation of the mosquito Aedes Aegipty, a mosquito that transmits diseases such as chinkunguña, zika and dengue fever.

According to the Secretary of Health of the Valley, Maria Cristina Lesmes, to avoid the presence of these diseases in the region, in addition to controlling the breeding sites of these mosquitoes, is a work of the whole Valle del Cauca, so he asked to the public to pay particular attention to the water reserves stored at home.

"The Aedes Aegypti is a clean mosquito, loves clear water, likes the water that stays in the sewers after the rains, especially when the sun is warming, like the ponds of our homes, the water tanks, places where water has accumulated without a lid … it will be, therefore, an increasing year in the cases of dengue zika and chikungunya, which are the three viruses transmitted by the vector, which is the white-legged mosquito, Aedes Aegypti. ", said the departmental secretary for health.

Similarly, Lesmes recalled the effects that the outbreak presented two years ago throughout the country on the health of Valle del Cauca. "The Departmental Health Secretary follows a cohort of children with conbad malformations from the 2016 epidemic and it is very likely that the increase in Zika causes problems in pregnant women and in especially in children, a yellow alert not only to the hospital network for case finding, but also to the communities so that they take care of facilitating the reproduction of the mosquito and to have the mosquito at home ".

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