From the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Sernapred) decreed a yellow alert in Los Andes this Tuesdayafter the presence of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the main transmitter of the infection, was detected in the town.
“In the province of Los Andes, multiple foci of the vector are reportedin all its states, a situation that increases the possibilities of its reproduction,” Senapred said in a statement.
The alert, which implies increased surveillance and greater resources to stop mosquito reproduction, will be in force. “until the conditions of the event warrant it”according to the government institution.
He The Ministry of Health reported on Monday that there are 179 cases of dengue in the country, of which 44 are indigenous cases recorded on remote Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, and 135 are imported cases in continental Chilemostly in people who have recently traveled to Brazil.
“There is no contagion of dengue fever within continental Chile,” The head of the Ministry’s Epidemiology Department, Christian García, indicated at a press conference, who also assured that so far there have been “no serious cases” in Chile.
Dengue is a viral disease that can manifest as a mild condition until it evolves into serious and even fatal complications.
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay are experiencing a dengue outbreak unprecedented that has left millions of infections and hundreds of deaths.
The Ministry of Health confirmed on Monday that they found “adult mosquitoes and also mosquito eggs” of Aedes aegypti at the Los Andes bus station. It should be remembered that the city is located in the mountain range, where the Los Libertadores border crossing is located, the main land connection with the Argentine province of Mendoza.
The World Health Organization (WHO) attributes the current epidemic to the effects of El Niño climate phenomenonwhich raised temperatures and increased rainfall in the south of the continent, factors that contribute to the proliferation of Aedes aegypti.