Concern and monitoring measures of the Public Health Agency of the Generalitat and the Vila-seca City Council in the face of the indigenous dengue outbreak detected in the historic center of this Tarragonès municipality. After confirming 8 cases so far, the last three reported in the last few hours, Salut maintains the outbreak detected at the end of August is active. The Generalitat does not rule out the confirmation of new cases in the coming days.
Prevention and control
Salut does not rule out the confirmation of new cases in health centers in the area because the outbreak is still open
All people infected with this tropical disease have so far presented mild symptoms, such as headaches, dizziness, muscle pain or fatigue. It is the most important autochthonous dengue outbreak ever detected in Spain.
For more than two weeks, the Health Department has been actively monitoring possible new cases through primary care centers and hospitals in the Tarragona area, after locating the focus of infections in the historic center of Vila-seca. . The contagion radius is small, less than half a kilometer, according to research carried out by Salut.
Call for tranquility
All people infected with this tropical disease have so far presented mild symptoms.
The Vila-seca City Council has taken measures to try to avoid the proliferation of mosquitoes as much as possible, because a bite from an infected mosquito is the way dengue is transmitted. So far, about 200 treatments have been carried out on public roads, according to municipal sources.
The eight infected people lived or spent a few days in this same area of Vila-seca. Five of those infected are Port Aventura workers who share a flat, according to the newspaper. The Countryin the old town of Vila-seca. Neither the theme park nor Salut have confirmed this information, although they have not denied it either. In no case would they have been infected working in Port Aventura.
Image of the Vila-seca Town Hall, in the historic center
Although the eight people infected so far have presented mild symptoms, two had to be admitted to the hospital. They have all already been discharged. Two of those infected were two French tourists on vacation in Vila-seca. They had mild symptoms and have already returned to their country.
Five of the eight cases are Port Aventura workers, but they were infected in the apartment they share in the old neighborhood of Vila-seca
Ana Bocio, deputy director of Public Health, explained this morning that the outbreak is still open, so new cases could appear. “The eight cases detected had the same focus, in a very specific area and in a very limited period of time,” he detailed.
More than 200 treatments
The Vila-seca City Council has taken measures to try to avoid the proliferation of mosquitoes as much as possible.
If days pass and no new cases of dengue appear in Vila-seca or its closest area of influence, Salut will consider the outbreak closed although measures to control the mosquito population in the area will be maintained.
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