Nov, 2019.- To eradicate the mosquito Aedes aegypti presence, principal  trasmitter of the dengue virus, the zika, the chikunguña and the yellow fever in the municipality of Nuevitas is a priority because result necessary develop all the measurements which can be effective in this direction.

The villiger Mario Rafael Pelaez Ramirez until Radio Nuevitas showing a newspaper cutting as if was a treasurer alleging that he should go, likewise to Nuevavision the local Tv centre also to the Goverment and of the Commmunist Party of Cuba seats in the locality to shows it.

The writing, appartaining to the Granma daily, it’s  about the  expierence in Cienfuegos of guppies fishes shoals as biological control  mechanism against the noxioius vector and constitue an economical and effective varying, that it could educate to the population on the benefits what proportionate implement without be necessary renounce to the chemical ways.

With the conviction that as manifested the president of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel “in the collective thought are the best ideas” I took on hand tape recorder  and I went to the Municipal Centre of Hygiene and Epidemiology in order to investigate about the safty of these manner of to do, in which René Ribacoa Cachón, epidemiologist in the centre, commented that in the locality has developed in some cases.

Only one guppy is capable of devour between  60 and 100 larvas of the noxious insect in 24 hours, the specialist pointed out, who added  that on the Camlote popular council the mostly of persons have in the wells these  fishes.

Likewise, he quoted after expierence  the efficacy of the aquatic species against the mosquitos vectors in immature larva phase, it’s necessary that the population maintain its care and conservation.

According to the expert, the guppies don‘t affect the water quality nor constitue risk of pollution. If in each house the reservoirs have  two  fishes, will have a great impact on the struggle against the Aedes announced.

The practice of biological control was used priviously on nations as United States, Colombia, Brazil, Perú and the Salvador and at the present time could execute in this municipality to the north east of Camagüey with an united effort of theirs populators and the sanitary, politic and govenmental authorities.

In addition to the known measurements of to clean and treat the elevated tanks to cover hermetically all the reservoirs to the storing of water to use abate or the bactivec, to eliminate on the  yards and flat roof of houses standing water, to colaborate with the fumigation, during the inspection of the dwelling-house to accompany to the working man and eliminate with him possible places for breeding animal, the option which Mario Rafael  Ramirez socializes, with the best will in order to obtain the elimination of the Aedes aegypti, I consider also that must be taken into consideration.