Dengue fever on the upswing in Havana

Dengue fever on the upswing in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, September 11 (José Antonio Fornaris, Cuba-Verdad /
www.cubanet.org) - Dengue fever is on the upswing in Havana, according
to one researcher who said she had recorded six thousand cases in the
Párraga neighborhood of Arroyo Naranjo municipality in the city.

The researcher said the ward where dengue cases are referred in the
local Julio Trigo hospital is completely full.

A nurse in the municipality who said new cases are admitted daily to the
Covadonga, Calixto García, and Dependientes hospitals, said public
health authorities cannot explain the increase in the number of cases.

Authorities have been waging a campaign against the mosquito that
transmits the disease, with aerial fumigation in open areas and daily
home visits by public health personnel looking for mosquito breeding
grounds. Nonetheless, critics say authorities have not acknowledged the
outbreak in the city.

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