Given the sustained increase in dengue cases in the district of Olmos, the Lambayeque Health Network of the Regional Health Management (Geresa) on Tuesday, April 29 began the fumigation of 5,689 homes to eliminate the transmitter mosquito and avoid the propagation of this disease.
He Regional Health Manager, Yonny Ureta Núñez, He explained that 12 sectors have been prioritized, which will be fumigated between Tuesday, April 29 and Tuesday, May 13 in double shift. From 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. while from 08:00 to 12:00 the recovery of closed housing will be carried out.
Among the sectors to be intervened is Santa Isabel, Santa Ana, Villavicencio, San Juan, Cruz de Chalpón, Purísima, Municipality, Health, San Pedro and Lord of Miracleslocated in the urban center of the city. In addition, the Alan García human settlement will be fumigated, which has the largest amount of homes to intervene with 1,474 properties.
“Following the Increased dengue casesin these last three weeks we have reached almost 70 patients diagnosed with dengue in this district. While it is true, they are not complicated, we will not wait for complications. That’s why, For a week we started with larval control and today we have begun with fumigation From the most affected sectors with dengue, “he emphasized.
Ureta Núñez reported that this activity is part of an articulated work between the Regional Health Management through the Executive Directorate of Environmental Health (DESA), the Health Center and the District Municipality of Olmos. Therefore, in total Brigades will be mobilized with more than 40 professionals to fumigate housing per housing in each of the prioritized sectors.
“This year we have reduced the number of dengue cases compared to recent years. This is thanks to articulated work between local authority, neighbors, families, and the regional government. This articulated work is leading us to have this type of results through timely interventions, “he said.
To date, according to the situational room, the Lambayeque region accumulates 277 confirmed dengue cases, of which the province of Lambayeque registers 116, with 64 episodes of the disease in the district of Olmos.
