Dengue: they focus attention on the three populations with the highest regional risk – Society – Report 2820

During his visit to Colón, during the establishment of a residence for the care of older adults, the Minister of Health Guillermo Grieve mentioned the situation of dengue in our province.

“There are four stages in the programme, the first is ‘Clean Communes’ and it started on 16 September. Clean cities, schools, houses and clubs to avoid eggs, which last for several months, especially in corners and damp places,” he told the media.

“If there are not many eggs, there are not many mosquitoes and when the disease starts – late November or early December – we will have much less dengue. If we also treat them quickly with the protocoled treatments, we may have much less hospitalization. “

At this point, he recalled that “in 2023-2024 we had 22,000 patients with dengue and 1,000 (5%) in the hospital, 100 (0.5%) entered intensive care and in those who arrived late mortality was very our low, 10 , which represents 0.005%”.

The official valued as an important fact that “dengue did not stay. We had all those months without autochthonous dengue, that is, dengue is not endemic in Entre Ríos; Yes, it is in Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco and Formosa. This is achieved by clean communities. We will be working on this in September, October and November.”

The next step is health care. “Try to get close to primary care centers and hospitals to provide rapid care to those patients who may be dehydrated or have low platelets. “

Then, he explained that “the vaccine is going to a lesser extent. Can you prevent a dengue condition? No.

“Yes, the vaccine, in those patients who have already had dengue – that is what we are going to evaluate – can prevent a relapse, which could be more dangerous , and in those places with the highest frequency per population unit. These are just Chajarí, Federación and Villaguay, where we will be very vigilant,” he said.

“The vaccine is not in the program of any country, not even in our program. I was with the Home Secretary and a special program was set up for the areas most at risk, in this case those three numbers,” Grieve concluded.

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Source: El Entre Rios