Mayabeque, Cuba: Health authorities in Madruga alert the population to the increase in confirmed cases of Dengue, an endemic disease in our region that can even cause death.
Faced with this problem, it is important to act with responsibility and discipline and comply with the established measures aimed at eliminating the risks and vulnerabilities in the community that promote the proliferation of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, a transmitting agent.
The Municipal Director of Public Health in the municipality, Ania Martínez Gómez, specified that the support of the population is essential in the realization of the autofocal because the insect takes advantage of any gap to multiply.
Until now, the detected patients are under surveillance at home complying with medical indications and have not reported complications, but transmission must be avoided by eliminating the mosquito.
For their part, the operators of the anti-vector campaign carry out the abatement in the most compromised blocks even though the availability of resources is limited.
The health authorities reiterate that in the event of any discomfort it is necessary to go to the doctor and in no case self-medicate.
They also remember that although there is stable and evident control in relation to Covid-19, people cannot lower their guard to protect health.
