Dengue in Araksa: As cases increase, city council interacts with disease control committee | mining triangle

In the first meeting held on Thursday (7), representatives of the Municipal Health Department and the Municipal Planning and Sustainable Development Institute attended. Araksa (IPDSA); In addition to hospitals, commerce, institutions of higher education and bodies from the Military Fire Service, Fire Service, Military Police and Environmental Police.

“The return of the committee’s meetings is to plan measures to mobilize all residents and authorities to avoid an increase in cases and hospitalizations.”The health monitoring coordinator assessed, Leninha Severo.

Among the actions previously identified by the commission are: Mobilizing residents through clean-up efforts, doing work with health educators targeting schools and businesses, in addition to educational campaigns that are disseminated through the municipality’s communication channels Araksa.

In addition, a heavy-duty insecticide spray cart, known as a “smoke”, will continue to operate in the city throughout April.

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According to city hall, Araksa was recorded 134 cases of the disease as of Thursday. This number is more than 5 times higher than all records for 2021, when 26 cases were reported.

Leninha Severo explains that last year, during the height of the epidemic, people stayed home more, and therefore were more alert to the outbreak that could eventually arise on their land.

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The neighborhoods of Santo Antonio, Novo Santo Antonio, Solaris, Jardim Europa 4 and Boa Vista 2 recorded the highest number of dengue mosquito outbreaks.

“Everyone should be aware and clean their yards, clean empty containers and eliminate stagnant water sources. Dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya are serious diseases. With the epidemic, eliminating stagnant water sources becomes even more important to prevent these diseases,” Severo reinforces.

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