Florida, Oct. 22—With 42 city blocks declared infected with arbovirus, the current response strategy requires, in addition to seeking medical attention at the first signs of fever and other illness, supporting sanitation, screening, and vector control efforts in homes and workplaces throughout the area.
The mowing of yards and lots and cleaning of gutters, the collection of solid waste that acts as water reservoirs and mosquito breeding grounds, the control of leaks in indoor residential areas, and the attention to medically prescribed measures in the event of a virus infection are essential missions in Floridians’ battle against the persistence of dengue.
The lack of material and human resources to promote a large-scale institutional confrontation right now, as in the past, requires greater support and responsibility from residents and social actors in each place, convinced that only with unity, commitment, risk perception and systematic work will it be possible to defeat the most dangerous internal enemy for the health of the people at the current stage: the Aedes aegiptych mosquito.
