The Mayor’s Office of Cali declared this Tuesday, June 11, the health emergency due to the advance of dengue in the city.
For his part, the Secretary of Health of Cali, German Escobar, confirmed that so far this year, Around 20,900 cases of dengue have been reported.
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Due to the atypical behavior of the climate, with a prolonged dry season at the beginning of the year, as well as the arrival of intermittent and unconsolidated rains, the epidemiological projections of dengue cases have been altered throughout the Americas.
Cali Mayor’s Office.
And the current dengue outbreak has consolidated as the strongest recorded in America.
The reasons why said emergency was declared are the probable increase in cases of acute respiratory diseases and the holding of massive events in the following months, such as COP16, which was not contemplated in the initial planning.
It should be noted that, This measure is taken in advance to intensify preventive actions against dengue and ensure timely medical attention to the population.
“We continue to intensify actions and take preventive measures to clip the wings of dengue in Cali in the face of the massive events that will take place in the second semester. Our task as an Administration is to protect the health and lives of the people of Cali.”
Alejandro Eder, mayor of Cali.
What measures against Dengue will be taken in Cali?
According to the Secretary of Health of Cali, they are looking for intensify actions through fumigation in sports centers, schools and, of course, in the city’s neighborhoods.
Likewise, another strategy is “control the reference and counter-reference system of patients in the hospital network”, this in the face of situations such as the overcrowding of the Club Noel Children’s Clinic.
“In this pediatric center, two situations were combined: on the one hand, dengue patients, who continue to put pressure on the hospital network, and on the other, patients with a small respiratory peak associated with rain.”
Germán Escobar, Secretary of Health of Cali.
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