Re: Brazil: 2011 Dengue. 310 confirmed fatalities
Re: Brazil: 2011 Dengue. 310 confirmed fatalities
http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/201...421-imoveis-com-focos-de-dengue-925487861.asp
Portuguese to English translation
City of Rio: threatens to invade 421 properties with outbreaks of dengue fever
Posted on 01/10/2011 at 18h13m
NEW YORK - In a war being waged for more than three decades, the enemy, Aedes aegypti, which transmits the dengue virus, not only has won some battles, as some allies have achieved: it is the residents who do not eliminate the outbreaks of the mosquito and especially those who do not allow inspections of their homes. Since the city implemented, for about a month, a package of measures to tackle the worst epidemics, expected this summer - like smoke around the entrance and compulsory in homes or buildings closed - comes to 421 the number of properties that can be invaded by health workers to check for mosquito breeding. Worried, Eduardo Paes has signed a decree declaring a state of alert against dengue in the city.
Laboratories worldwide, including Brazil, are facing the difficult challenge of producing a vaccine to protect the population of the four types of virus. Research, however, has not yet been completed. Meanwhile, across the state since January, 159,052 dengue cases were reported and 131 people died. In the capital, were 51 deaths.
The municipal secretary of Health, Hans Dohmann, recognizes that the Aedes is winning the war. He said the difficulties of coping with the disease remain high and it is vital that people collaborate.
- Ninety percent of people opened their property after the first notification. But the other 10% is still a very high percentage. That concerns us, because 82% of outbreaks of the mosquito are at home. I also found that 66% of patients were infected because of mosquitoes that exist in pockets inside. Our challenge is to improve this summer - Dohmann said.
Ipanema has notified 17 property
Since it began operation in March 1746 the phone (call center for citizens of the city) have been made nearly 11,000 requests for inspection of possible outbreaks of mosquito. Campo Grande, Tijuca and Bangor are the neighborhoods with the highest number of requests. But the problem is no respecter of class. In the South Zone, Ipanema is a neighborhood that has the highest number of properties reported closed: 17.
- Ilha do Governador, for example, which concentrates the location (the largest reported number of properties) is the Jardim Guanabara. Playground, are the high-end condominiums, the number of properties reported in the district reaches 27 - the secretary said.
According to the decree signed by Paes, in the case of the absence of household members suspected of foci, the health worker will make three attempts to enter, in different days and times. Each time, it will leave a notice with the date and time for your next visit. If you can not do the inspection, the fact will be published in the Official Gazette, which also contain the date and time for a fourth visit. If anyone is found that time again, the agent may enter by force in the property.
Also according to the decree, the resident who fail to comply with a determination to eliminate breeding sites of mosquitoes is subject to a fine. The Municipal Secretariat of Health reported that the value has not yet been set because it depends on the regulations of the decree.
Work still to be invaded in Urca
One of the 421 homeowners who are about to be invaded for a building inspection is the number of 100 Calle San Sebastian, in Urca. The work, choked by the city, has received three reports. Now, the warning about the compulsory entry will be published in the Official Gazette. President of the Association of Residents of Urca (Amour), Celi Ferreira said no one appears on the site for over a year and that there is an abandoned swimming pool on the terrace. Rather, according to Celi, when he was a watchman on the property, health officials could inspect the place.
- Our main concern is with the 80 children 1-6 years studying at the nursery on - Celi said. - By what right a person threatens the life of the neighbors?
At Rua Vilela Tavares, the Lins de Vasconcelos, an abandoned house is the neighbors awake at night. Full of junk and a strong stench, the property has received two notifications. The beautician Luana Hope, who lives next door, complained about the large number of mosquitoes at the site.
All Saints, a closed house at Rua Jose Bonifacio has a pool with green water in the backyard. Residents have made complaints to 1746, but officials have yet to enter the premises. Besides the pool, a large amount of beer bottles and plastic cups in the backyard are potential sources of Aedes. Last week, the property received the first notification.
Quick Survey The third level of infestation by Aedes aegypti (Lira) held this year in August, shows an average of 1.4% in Rio - which means that for every one hundred buildings inspected were found 1.4 focuses on . The index considered tolerable by the Ministry of Health is less than 1%. Although still above the tolerable, the rate found in Rio is the lowest recorded in August since 2005. In 2010, during the same period, the rate was 1.6%. In June this year, the index was 2.4%.
A combination of factors called an alert to the possibility of a major epidemic of dengue fever this summer. This year, the increase in the number of cases throughout the state return is caused by a virus of the disease, which did not circulate around here since 1987. Because of this, the younger, who had no contact with the virus and therefore are not immunized are more susceptible to illness. To worsen the case in February this year, it was found that the dengue virus type 4, with which the people have never had contact, has arrived at the Rio
