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While Castries The votive party is in full swing, le chkwunka transmitted by Tiger mosquito circulate. After a first imported case detected at the end of June, Twelve Aboriginal cases were confirmed this Thursday, August 7, by theRegional Health Agency (ARS) Occitanie which strengthens its prevention actions and recalls The right reflexes to adopt.
Demonstication investigations and operations
Since May 1 in Occitania, Public Health France has identified 73 cases of imported dengue, 90 cases of imported chikungunya, 1 case of imported zika and 17 indigenous cases of chikungunya including 13 in Hérault. Thus at the end of June, a first case of chikungunya was detected in Castries. After nine cases last week, the ARS indicates that now this number is brought to twelve by specifying that “the state of health of these twelve people does not arouse concern”.
Le chkwunka
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of a female tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) infected. Symptoms generally appear 3 to 7 days after the infective bite, and are characterized by a high fever of sudden appearance and joint pain that can sometimes be intense with other symptoms (muscle pain, headache, rash …). We speak of indigenous cases when a person contracts the disease without having stayed in an area where the virus is actively circulating within two weeks preceding the symptoms.
Since July 10, several demustication operations have been carried out in various areas frequented by sick people. The case imported at the origin of this household has been identified. This preventive strategy is intensifying in particular via the organization of demoustication operations in new areas. The objective of these treatments is to eliminate the populations of adult tiger mosquitoes which could have been contaminated and would be likely to transmit the virus to people residing or moving in the sector concerned.
Investigations among the population are currently continuing to identify possible new cases. Depending on the evolution of the survey, other potential places of transmission may be the subject of prevention actions. These actions are coordinated by the State services, ARS Occitanie, Public Health France and Altopicus The ARS Demoustic Operator, in connection with health professionals in the territory.
The right gestures to adopt
“The teams of the Regional Health Agency thank the inhabitants for facilitating the actions of the Demoustication Operator (Altopictus) and the awareness -raising actions, all our agents have a professional card that can be requested” salutes the ARS which underlines as to the vigilance and the implementation of prevention measures: “Faced with the tiger mosquito and the diseases it may transmit, no measure is 100 %effective. This is the sum of individual and collective measures that make it possible to act effectively to limit the risk of setting up a local contamination channel ”.
To fight against the tiger mosquito, potential vector of diseases, it is necessary to adopt good reflexes in order to eliminate mosquito larvae such as removing the places where water can stagnate, change the water from plants and flowers at least once a week or, if possible, remove or fill with sand the saucers of flower pots, to check the good flow of water and regularly Gifts…, to cover the water tanks (water cans, tanks, basins) with a mosquito net or a simple fabric and small pools out of use, to eliminate adult mosquitoes in debt mosquito by clearing and carving high herbs and hedges, to collect the fruits and plant debris in order to reduce humidity …
Finally, people who have attended the town of Castries and having presented signs evocative of Chikungunya since early July, are invited to consult their attending physician. It is obviously advisable to protect yourself from mosquito bites using a skin repellent and mosquito nets for babies and alitios.
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