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HAVANA, June 3 (Juan Carlos Linares, Cuba-Verdad / www.cubanet.org) -
Several areas favorable to the breeding of the mosquito that transmits dengue
fever have been identified in Havana following the announcement by public health
authorities that they had been eradicated.
Municipal garbage pick-up has reverted to an irregular schedule, so
street-corner dumping sites can be seen again after they had been cleaned up
during the recent government campaign. Plumbing and sewer leaks and potholes are
also accumulating water that mosquitoes favor for laying eggs.
In addition, in the Fraternidad neighborhood, in the Arroyo Naranjo
municipality of Havana, seven fertile breeding grounds were detected, according
to information provided by a public health worker who didn’t want his name
used.
"The breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti mosquito were discovered in
the homes of people who practice African religions, and who up to now had
prevented sanitary authorities from inspecting the areas where they keep their
cult objects and tools. After a search, mosquito larvae were found in clay pots
used in religious rites," said the public health worker.
In order to perform the searches, public health authorities had to ask for
the cooperation of police.
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