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Alert mosquito in Reunion. The prefect of the island triggered this Tuesday the level 4 of the device against dengue, which provides a strengthening of the mobilization and prevention against the mosquito vector of the disease.
The transition to this level 4, the last before the "mbad epidemic", provides for the activation of the adapted military service regiment (RSMA) in support of anti-vector actions. More badisted contracts "Parcours emploi compétence" (PEC), 80-90% of which are financed by the State, will also be awarded to badociations specializing in the cleaning of public space.
Moreover, Communication and information actions with doctors, laboratories and the public will be strengthened and repellents distributed to target audiences.
Nearly 6,000 infections
This package was decided because of the the epidemic continues to be high, despite last winter's arrival in southern Australia, an unfavorable season for mosquitoes. From the beginning of the year to July 10, 5,970 cases of biologically confirmed dengue were recorded. 124 patients had to be hospitalized
But these figures would fall short of reality. "Doctors receive in consultation many patients with symptoms of dengue," says Luce Menudier, epidemiologist intervention cell in the region (Wax) Public Health France. According to her, there were "more than 18,000 consultations for dengue."
According to Marie-Amélie Vauthier Bardinet, cabinet director of the prefect of Reunion, the maintenance of a circulation of the virus during the winter makes weigh the risk of an "epidemic explosion over the next summer. "The idea is to take advantage of the cold season to eradicate the virus," she says.
The dengue strikes also in metropolis. A case was diagnosed in the town of Ambès (Gironde) late last week, reports France 3. The victim is still hospitalized at the CHU Bordeaux but his condition "remains stable". According to the Regional Health Agency, this would be a case imported from Benin.
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