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Source: http://www.ispch.cl/noticia/25364
Ministerio de Salud decreta Alerta Sanitaria por brote de dengue en Isla de Pascua
Google translation:
Ministry of Health decrees Sanitary Alert for outbreak of dengue in Easter Island
A greater availability of resources and reinforcement in the adopted measures will allow the adoption of the Health Warning issued by the Ministry of Health in Easter Island, before the outbreak of cases of dengue, a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
The antecedents were delivered by the Mayor of the Region of Valpara?so, Jorge Mart?nez, and the Seremi de Salud, Francisco ?lvarez, who presented the main antecedents of the cases of this disease registered in the insular territory and the scope of the Health Warning .
"A Sanitary Alert has been declared on Easter Island for a dengue outbreak and they know that there is a long history since 2002 in the area regarding outbreaks in different years and magnitudes. It is a measure in which we first call the population, the citizens of the island to be very calm because they are taking all measures in this regard, "said the Regional Mayor.
The Seremi de Salud, Francisco Alvarez, said that specifically "the health alert is a measure that allows us to mobilize resources, to be able to carry out a greater control of the vector that transmits this disease. Initially we had four cases confirmed by the Institute of Public Health ISP and currently the registry is 13. They are all patients of Rapa Nui origin ".
"From the first case, several measures have been taken, such as the elimination of mosquito breeding sites. Fumigation has also been done. In confirmed and suspected cases, isolation measures have been adopted, which consist in delivering spray and mosquito nets to the affected people, because also they, confirmed or suspected, can transmit the virus to mosquitoes that can transmit dengue, "said the Health Authority.
Regarding dengue, the Health Seremi said that manifests as "a viral picture very similar to influenza, where the serotype we have on Easter Island, is type 1, the least lethal of the four existing."
"All the measures that have been taken are to eliminate the outbreak and if necessary we will do a sweeping fumigation on the whole island if there are many cases from different sides, at the moment the cases have been super concentrated which has facilitated the control of the outbreak, but we can not rule out that cases continue to appear, "said Seremi de Salud.
Francisco Alvarez concluded that "we have been working since the first cases appeared for the strengthening of the protocols and intensifying the environmental sanitary control measures".
Ministerio de Salud decreta Alerta Sanitaria por brote de dengue en Isla de Pascua
Google translation:
Ministry of Health decrees Sanitary Alert for outbreak of dengue in Easter Island
A greater availability of resources and reinforcement in the adopted measures will allow the adoption of the Health Warning issued by the Ministry of Health in Easter Island, before the outbreak of cases of dengue, a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
The antecedents were delivered by the Mayor of the Region of Valpara?so, Jorge Mart?nez, and the Seremi de Salud, Francisco ?lvarez, who presented the main antecedents of the cases of this disease registered in the insular territory and the scope of the Health Warning .
"A Sanitary Alert has been declared on Easter Island for a dengue outbreak and they know that there is a long history since 2002 in the area regarding outbreaks in different years and magnitudes. It is a measure in which we first call the population, the citizens of the island to be very calm because they are taking all measures in this regard, "said the Regional Mayor.
The Seremi de Salud, Francisco Alvarez, said that specifically "the health alert is a measure that allows us to mobilize resources, to be able to carry out a greater control of the vector that transmits this disease. Initially we had four cases confirmed by the Institute of Public Health ISP and currently the registry is 13. They are all patients of Rapa Nui origin ".
"From the first case, several measures have been taken, such as the elimination of mosquito breeding sites. Fumigation has also been done. In confirmed and suspected cases, isolation measures have been adopted, which consist in delivering spray and mosquito nets to the affected people, because also they, confirmed or suspected, can transmit the virus to mosquitoes that can transmit dengue, "said the Health Authority.
Regarding dengue, the Health Seremi said that manifests as "a viral picture very similar to influenza, where the serotype we have on Easter Island, is type 1, the least lethal of the four existing."
"All the measures that have been taken are to eliminate the outbreak and if necessary we will do a sweeping fumigation on the whole island if there are many cases from different sides, at the moment the cases have been super concentrated which has facilitated the control of the outbreak, but we can not rule out that cases continue to appear, "said Seremi de Salud.
Francisco Alvarez concluded that "we have been working since the first cases appeared for the strengthening of the protocols and intensifying the environmental sanitary control measures".