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DomRep Fights Dengue Epidemic
By Prensa Latina
Posted: Nov 3, 2009 19:26 UTC |
SANTO DOMINGO (PL) - The Health Secretary of the Dominican Republic has launched a national campaign against the rapid spread of a dengue outbreak that has already killed 36 persons this year.
The campaign involves "all sectors of national life," said Bautista Rojas, a health official, who pointed out that a specific and substantial work rests on the Secretary of Education.
The aim is to prevent and eliminate the sources of reproduction of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits the disease.
Fumigation teams have been sent to critical regions of the country while technicians of the Center of Prevention and Control of Tropical Diseases have put out leaflets containing control measures to fight the vector.
Some of the taks include cleaning wastelands and home patios where waste accumulates, particularly tires and other used containers.
After a drop in the death rate in the past two weeks, the number of new cases have shot up and till Sunday 4,500 sick people were reported.
It is possible that the figure of infected persons is higher since mild cases tend to be treated at home. It seems they are affected by a strain that attacks the stomach and disappears in 4 to 6 days.
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