According to Jose Manuel Puello, director, Prevention of Illnesses Transmitted by Mosquitos, Ministry of Public Health, over the last four weeks, the number of dengue cases has stabilized. So far, there have been 11,332 affected, with 27 deaths. From 11 August to 7 September, there was a slight decline of 20 fewer cases from one week to the next.
However, Clemente Terrero, the deputy director of the Robert Reid Cabral Hospital, maintains it is too early to say that the spreading of dengue is under control. He said recent rains could again give rise to more mosquitos and hence more cases of the disease.
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El Dia
1 October 2019