Nuevitas, October 3.- Preventive actions are being carried out in Nuevitas to keep the incidence of dengue in control. Some of the activities include the fumigation of homes and the promotion of campaigns to increase people's awareness of the importance of eradicating this disease.
This action is vital to eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito from the home environment and workplaces, where places that can accumulate water must be ditched, as well as promoting the cleaning of tanks, closing them properly, and placing bottles and other containers upside down.
In addition, the health authorities insist on going immediately to medical services to accurately diagnose the disease and avoid complications, especially in the most vulnerable sectors of the population, such as infants, pregnant women, and the elderly.
The recent rains and citizen irresponsibility are the primary causes of the increase in the focality of the insect, as well as the increase in dengue cases, for which, some measures are being implemented, taking into account that the four serotypes of the virus currently circulating in the province of Camagüey
Cuban scientists recently presented the strategy for the creation of a vaccine against the disease due to maintaining a complex hygienic and sanitary situation in the nation.
