This Friday morning, mayor Francisco Azcué led a meeting attended by different areas of the Municipality of Concordia, council members from all blocs, as well as health authorities, where the various measures being implemented in the dengue campaign in our city were analyzed.
During the meeting, it was emphasized that while territorial fumigation operations continue in the different neighborhoods, the most effective preventive measure remains the removal of junk and cleaning of homes, as this allows for the elimination of all places and items that favor the proliferation of the transmitting mosquito.
In this regard, mayor Francisco Azcué stated that due to the generalized increase in dengue cases, a situation caused by various factors but primarily by weather conditions, “we have been working with this committee, in which different areas of the Municipality and Dr. Mauro Dodorico, director of the Masvernat Hospital, participate,” adding that although a fumigation program has been carried out with a presence in different neighborhoods throughout each week, prevention is the main tool in this fight.
In that sense, he remarked that “the collaboration of the community and the residents is important because we cannot enter every family home, which is why we ask that you check all areas of your homes that favor the presence of mosquitoes and larvae. Removing junk is very important, as is taking out all items that allow for water accumulation.”
ELIMINATE WHAT IS NOT USEFUL
For his part, Dr. Diego Sauré also stated that “prevention remains fundamental in the fight against dengue; it is what prevents mosquitoes,” which is why at this morning's meeting “we focused on the actions that the Municipality has been carrying out in all neighborhoods in a coordinated effort with different areas. In addition to fumigation, we ask the population to ensure there is no stagnant water in their homes, to remove junk, and to eliminate everything that is not useful to us.”
SYMPTOMS
Dr. Emanuel Soriano, director of Primary Health Care, referred to the symptoms presented by dengue, explaining that they can be variable, ranging from “fever, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, which appear in some cases, but it does not have upper respiratory tract symptoms such as a sore throat or common cold; it is fundamental for people to keep this in mind. One must be alert in all cases, particularly in those patients who present comorbidities, as well as in older adults or children.”
FUMIGATIONS
The Municipality has been developing a fumigation program. Regarding this, Carlos Pantaleone, head of Health Coordination and Inspection, indicated that they are being scheduled and executed in different neighborhoods, provided that weather conditions allow it.
“The product we are using is a product that kills by contact; for that, we need the droplet to touch the adult insect. If it were to rain, we would be wasting the product and it would not fulfill its function,” he remarked.
Territorial operations are carried out by identified personnel, accompanied by an extramural team, and if the property owners authorize it, they enter and fumigate the premises.
During the meeting, it was emphasized that while territorial fumigation operations continue in the different neighborhoods, the most effective preventive measure remains the removal of junk and cleaning of homes, as this allows for the elimination of all places and items that favor the proliferation of the transmitting mosquito.
In this regard, mayor Francisco Azcué stated that due to the generalized increase in dengue cases, a situation caused by various factors but primarily by weather conditions, “we have been working with this committee, in which different areas of the Municipality and Dr. Mauro Dodorico, director of the Masvernat Hospital, participate,” adding that although a fumigation program has been carried out with a presence in different neighborhoods throughout each week, prevention is the main tool in this fight.
In that sense, he remarked that “the collaboration of the community and the residents is important because we cannot enter every family home, which is why we ask that you check all areas of your homes that favor the presence of mosquitoes and larvae. Removing junk is very important, as is taking out all items that allow for water accumulation.”
ELIMINATE WHAT IS NOT USEFUL
For his part, Dr. Diego Sauré also stated that “prevention remains fundamental in the fight against dengue; it is what prevents mosquitoes,” which is why at this morning's meeting “we focused on the actions that the Municipality has been carrying out in all neighborhoods in a coordinated effort with different areas. In addition to fumigation, we ask the population to ensure there is no stagnant water in their homes, to remove junk, and to eliminate everything that is not useful to us.”
SYMPTOMS
Dr. Emanuel Soriano, director of Primary Health Care, referred to the symptoms presented by dengue, explaining that they can be variable, ranging from “fever, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, which appear in some cases, but it does not have upper respiratory tract symptoms such as a sore throat or common cold; it is fundamental for people to keep this in mind. One must be alert in all cases, particularly in those patients who present comorbidities, as well as in older adults or children.”
FUMIGATIONS
The Municipality has been developing a fumigation program. Regarding this, Carlos Pantaleone, head of Health Coordination and Inspection, indicated that they are being scheduled and executed in different neighborhoods, provided that weather conditions allow it.
“The product we are using is a product that kills by contact; for that, we need the droplet to touch the adult insect. If it were to rain, we would be wasting the product and it would not fulfill its function,” he remarked.
Territorial operations are carried out by identified personnel, accompanied by an extramural team, and if the property owners authorize it, they enter and fumigate the premises.