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  • Algeria - Expert warns on tiger mosquitoes after recent floods, public health capacity lacking - October 1, 2019

    Mosquitoes "Tiger" alert hospitals

    1 October 2019



    High alert in hospital institutions to receive victims of stings Zika and Deng

    Algeria is in danger of spreading dangerous viruses because of its lack of control and control over the frightening spread of the tiger mosquito, which has swept all the states and caused serious complications to the infected. However, doctors working at these departments warn of an imminent spread of deadly viruses such as Zika and Deng in the face of a severe shortage of medicines and ensuring that the infectious disease department is well served.

    Dr Abdel Rahman Mohammadi, a general practitioner at Blida hospital, attributed the frightening spread of the tiger mosquito to the heat wave that preceded the recording of several floods witnessed in several states a few weeks ago, as well as the widespread and unprecedented spread of waste, dirt, stagnant and dirty water in the valleys and basements of buildings, and among communities This has created a fertile climate for the breeding of this type of mosquito and contributed to its spread and increased significantly.

    Our spokesperson said that Algeria has only recently known the tiger mosquito, which made it difficult to identify it, and the immunity of the population has not evolved especially against the viruses transmitted by its stings and the serious diseases they cause, viruses responsible for many viral diseases such as " Zika "and the deadly dengue virus, which shows symptoms four to seven days after the bite of the mosquito carrying the virus, and symptoms of fever, severe pain in the joints and muscles and pain behind the eyes accompanied by severe headaches can cause the patient to enter the benefit of resuscitation in some cases.

    To combat the tiger mosquito, which could cause the spread of deadly Zika and Deng viruses if the health situation continues, Dr. Mohammadi stressed the need to work on two main axes, starting with the removal of all standing water from the urban environment and the lifting of waste. Clean their place and use repellents and killers of mosquitoes, which are frequently found in stagnant water and water tanks. Mosquitoes are bleached in water, so stagnant water that encourages mosquito breeding around residential areas and changes of water in gardens and vases should be eliminated several times a week. Used tires and anything else that can store water, cover water tanks, and use larvicides should be removed. Mosquitoes.

    The same spokesman pointed out that many cases of tiger mosquito stings have been recorded in various regions of the country and in the Department of Pediatrics at the University Hospital Center in Blida. The clock, he says, eradicates the virus itself, it is through preventive drugs from complications of viral inflammation and enhance the immunity of the patient, because his immune system is only able to eliminate the virus and put it under medical surveillance.

    Our spokesperson did not hide the deficit recorded at the level of the infectious diseases department, where he said that "Algeria still lacks many necessities to face such diseases .." However, as the cholera epidemic, doctors stood helpless.

    It is noteworthy that the sting of a tiger mosquito usually causes at first a small bump that looks like a perfectly flat point and turns red and expands depending on the reaction of the skin and form areas of swelling, pain and redness where the sting is greater than the stings of the normal mosquito, causing severe itching in the place of stinging and in the surroundings, With dark spots, bruises sometimes resemble a stinging place and in the surroundings accompanied by a high fever, sometimes they do not respond to fevers such as paracetamol, headaches, acute diarrhea, general fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes near the stinging site, symptoms that require a doctor to see immediately if they appear.

    تواجه الجزائر حاليا، خطر انتشار فيروسات خطيرة بسبب عدم تحكمها وسيطرتها على الانتشار المخيف لبعوضة النمر التي اكتسحت كل الولايات وتسببت في مضاعفات خطيرة للمصابين، حيث تشهد مصلحة الاستعجالات وحتى الطفولة، عبر الوطن، حالة استنفار غير مسبوقة، وإن كانت وزارة

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