Jalisco adds 245 cases of dengue! Know the areas with the most infections and eliminate mosquito breeding sites

Although states with the most cases of dengue this 2024 in Mexico They are Guerrero, Tabasco, Veracruz, Quintana Roo and Colima, Jalisco has not been exempt from infections, managing to accumulate 245 cases so far this year and the rainy season has not yet formally begun.

Given this situation and with the purpose of preventing Jalisco from once again being the state with the most cases of dengue As happened in 2020, the state Health Secretary has started a home cleaning campaign.

Until week 22, 86% of confirmed dengue cases in Jalisco have occurred in the municipalities of Puerto Vallarta, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, and La Barcain which it is requested to implement immediately actions to eliminate breeding sites for dengue fliesalthough the preventive measures apply to the 125 municipalities in the state.

“In Jalisco the rainy season of 2024 will arrive gradually and will begin in the last days of June; while in July and August the Meteorological Service expects greater rainfall,” warns the Ministry of Health of Jalisco, which invites the population to join its “Clean Yard” campaign and avoid breeding sites for the dengue mosquito: Aedes aegypti.

With the arrival of the rains in Jalisco, “accumulation of clean water can be generated in containers and objects that are potential dengue breeding grounds”warns the Ministry of Health.

Miguel Ángel Becerra, State Dengue Coordinator of the OPD Jalisco Health Services, explains how to prevent the dreaded ones from making their breeding ground in your home. dengue mosquitoes.

The expert asks Jalisco residents to look for, review and eliminate containers, pots and all those utensils that they no longer use at home and that sometimes only accumulate rainwater, which become dengue mosquito breeding sites.

“Wash, Cover, Turn and Throw”the expert mentions as a list the actions that should be carried out at home with the pots. “Don’t forget to keep the water tank well covered, wash basins or sinks, turn over or throw cans, bottles, or pots,” added Miguel Ángel Becerra.

The governor of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro, also promoted today the campaign against dengue which is being implemented in various neighborhoods of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and emphasized the actions that each citizen must carry out at home.

“We must be very attentive at home to wash, cover, turn over and throw away all containers that can collect water and to avoid mosquito breeding sites and, thus, mitigate dengue infections”, he posted on his social networks.

Symptoms of dengue

Remember that if you present severe headache, fever, and pain behind the eyesyou may already be a positive case of contagion since these are part of the dengue symptomsso the health authorities of Jalisco ask you to call 33 38 23 32 20 and go to your nearest health center.

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