Dengue Fever Prevention
Campaign in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR - The Public Health Ministry of
El Salvador launched the second official
campaign against the epidemic of dengue
fever Friday, an epidemic that this year has
affected more than four thousand 500 people.
Authorities of the sector called the public
institutions to eradicate hatcheries of
mosquitoes to combat the illness, now
spreading to become worse in the rain
season.
Teachers and students will also collaborate
in the operations for prevention that will
be carried out at community level on
Saturday and Sunday.
The Salvadoran government decreed a yellow
alert for the epidemics in February, due to
a sudden increase of the reported cases.
Although the figures of infected people
continue dropping and the epidemic has been
stabilized, the sanitary authorities will
keep the alert effective for indefinite
time.
During this year, 4,441 cases of classic
dengue and 73 hemorrhagic dengue fever have
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