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DomRep Health Care Seek to Rein Dengue
By Prensa Latina
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 02:53 UTC |
SANTO DOMINGO (PL) - Dominican Health Minister Baustista Rojas urged for general cooperation to effectively control the dengue outbreak keeping the authorities on its toes.
Although there are near 3,000 cases reported, including 17 dead, the minister refuses to declare an epidemic since the numbers remain below the 2008 statistics.
Still, hospital sources requesting anonymity claim many more cases due to the raising number of victims heading to sanitary facilities with symptoms of the disease claiming 50 dead.
Health Secretary sources said Santiago, Puerto Plata and Espaillat alone have reported 900 cases the past 45 days but the capital, Santo Domingo and San Cristobal provinces are alike.
Rojas says current clean-up drive shows that Aedes aegypti mosquito, transmitter of the disease, breeds in courtyards, making prophylactic efforts nil without general cooperation.
Dengue is a year-round curse in the tropics thanks to summer heavy rains, cyclones and the sweltering temperatures owed to the sun, posing together perfect breeding terms for mosquitoes.
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