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http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-10-25-mi...en-causar-brote-de-dengue-noticia_416209.html
Spanish to English translation
MoH: vases in cemeteries can cause dengue outbreak
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 | 7:19 pm
Given the proximity of All Saints' Day, the Ministry of Health asked the public to avoid leaving water vases in the niches of their loved ones to avoid disease.
In Lima there are no cases for preventive measures are taken
Yeni Ms. Herrera Hurtado - MoH
Soon after the celebrations for the "All Saints Day" and "Day of the Dead", the Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned the people you have in mind to visit their dead in various cemeteries in the country, leaving no vases with water in the niches to avoid outbreaks of dengue .
" In Lima there are no cases because preventive measures are taken, it is vital that the mosquito (transmitter of the disease) found no place to play, "said Yeni Herrera, specialist of MINSA.
He stressed that it is urgent that the municipalities adopt control measures and provide facilities for people replace the water with wet sand , thus avoiding the reproduction of the mosquito and a possible outbreak.
"It is important that the water in the vases to be replaced by retaining wet sand as the flowers. This will prevent the mosquito to reproduce and therefore decrease the risk among the population, "said Herrera
Spanish to English translation
MoH: vases in cemeteries can cause dengue outbreak
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 | 7:19 pm
Given the proximity of All Saints' Day, the Ministry of Health asked the public to avoid leaving water vases in the niches of their loved ones to avoid disease.
In Lima there are no cases for preventive measures are taken
Yeni Ms. Herrera Hurtado - MoH
Soon after the celebrations for the "All Saints Day" and "Day of the Dead", the Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned the people you have in mind to visit their dead in various cemeteries in the country, leaving no vases with water in the niches to avoid outbreaks of dengue .
" In Lima there are no cases because preventive measures are taken, it is vital that the mosquito (transmitter of the disease) found no place to play, "said Yeni Herrera, specialist of MINSA.
He stressed that it is urgent that the municipalities adopt control measures and provide facilities for people replace the water with wet sand , thus avoiding the reproduction of the mosquito and a possible outbreak.
"It is important that the water in the vases to be replaced by retaining wet sand as the flowers. This will prevent the mosquito to reproduce and therefore decrease the risk among the population, "said Herrera