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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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