This year, 20 people in Mazatlan contracted dengue fever
The chairman of the Health Jurisdiction reported that there have been around 47 instances of dengue fever in Mazatlan, of which 20 have tested positive.
There have been around 47 suspected cases of dengue fever in Mazatlan, of which 20 have been positive, said the head of health jurisdiction No. 5, Christopher Jonathan Cruz Magaa.
These have occurred since January of this year to date and have not been serious cases, with only one case of Zika. "Now we have an accumulation of around 20 confirmed cases of dengue, and others have been suspected cases," he said.
The official commented that the fumigation campaigns are permanent. Once a case of dengue is detected, fumigation is carried out in and around the person's house; but if there are more than two cases, then the whole neighborhood is fumigated.
In the community of Dimas, there have been different cases, so they have already gone to fumigate, as well as in the neighborhoods of Mazatlan where there have been cases of dengue, such as Francisco Villa, Infiernillo, and Emiliano Zapata.
The population needs to be aware of the importance of cleaning up the garbage, as this is the best way to prevent dengue-transmitting mosquitoes from being present at home. Although during the rainy season the probability of this disease increases, eliminating breeding sites makes a difference.
