They extend measures against dengue fever

He stated that the weather conditions of Durango are suitable for the reproduction and the life of mosquito vectors that they transmit diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya, as well as malaria. (ARCHIVER)

With the presence of rains, the City Directorate of Public Health and Health Services of Durango has intensified the prevention of diseases such as dengue in the capital, as well as monitoring to detect d & # 39; possible cases.

The Director of Public Health, Alfonso García Villanueva, said that there are currently no registered cases of indigenous causes in Durango, only a few have occurred years ago but come from other places like La Laguna, although the guardian is not lowered. 19659008] He stated that the weather conditions of Durango are suitable for the reproduction and life of mosquito vectors that transmit diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya, as well as malaria.

Therefore, they intensify the rejection campaign. different directions of the city, in which up to 40 tons of garbage are collected monthly, to avoid the conditions for the breeding of these mosquitoes, said the municipal official.

Recently, the Durango Health Services reported that in 2016 they were registered 936 confirmed cases of dengue fever in the state; even, in 2017, the figure reaches 368.

In this sense, Garcia Villanueva said that descacharrización aims to avoid stagnation of water, as a suitable environment for the evolution of eggs in becoming mosquitoes that are contaminated with the blood of a sick person and then they will infect other people.

Currently, a team of seven people and two vehicles visit the various settlements of the city to distribute leaflets on the importance of descacharrizar; The next day, they return to remove garbage cans or pots from homes that citizens want, he says.

The pots are family utensils, furniture and unused tires that they only store on the roof or in their yard. He stated that the Durango weather conditions are suitable for the reproduction and life of mosquito vectors that transmit diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya, as well as malaria. (ARCHIVER)