Dengue continues to affect the neighborhoods of Barranquilla. Due to the above, the District authorities continue to create strategies to combat the disease, with educational actions and house-to-house visits.
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According to the Ministry of Health, daily, in different sectors, home inspections, inspections of water tanks in search of mosquito breeding sites, waste collection days and fumigations are carried out in different sectors.
The latest reports from the National Institute of Health (INS) reported 598 cases, of which 11 correspond to severe dengue. The southwestern town reports the highest number of cases with 32.17 percent.
‘Aguale la fiesta’, ‘My house is clean without dengue’ and ‘Don’t get caught out of place’ are campaigns promoted by the authorities, in coordination with other dependencies and entities.
The recommendations of the authorities
With them, they are providing the necessary tools so that families in their homes understand the importance of dealing with dengue.
Similarly, neighbors attend training eventscommunity mobilizations and other actions in which prevention measures are highlighted.
In this sense, the District Health Secretariat recommends checking the houses daily, collecting the unusable ones that can store water and, in case of any symptoms, consult the doctor or go to the nearest health institution.
Strategies focus on those most reported neighborhoods of cases, including Ciudadela 20 de Julio, Rebolo, La Luz, El Bosque, Carrizal, Simón Bolívar, El Santuario, El Ferry, Las Nieves, La Manga and El Recreo.
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a balance sheet
According to this dependency of the Mayor’s Office, during the course of 2022 there have been no deaths in the city due to dengue.
Thus, 5,918 homes have been inspected, 95 houses identified as breeding sites for the Aedes aegypti mosquito, 20,976 water tanks have been located, and 204 indoor fumigations have been carried out, according to official figures.
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