Following the heightened mosquito exercise in St Kitts and Nevis, Premier of Nevis Mark Brantley known as upon the residents to get collectively within the battle towards Dengue and take essential steps to forestall the outbreak.
“To fulfill the Dengue fever problem, our collective motion is our biggest asset. Please be sure that home windows and doorways are correctly screened, take away standing water from containers, repeatedly empty and clear water-holding containers similar to flower pots, train correct waste disposal, and assist native well being authorities as they implement mosquito eradication packages. Allow us to win this battle towards Dengue collectively,” mentioned Premier of Nevis, Mark Brantley.
St Kitts & Nevis is presently susceptible to a Dengue outbreak. These situations improve the chance of mosquito-borne illnesses similar to Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya. Notably, CARPHA studies a rise in Dengue circumstances within the area, with outbreaks in three member states.
The Ministry of Well being in St Kitts and Nevis reported that the nation had recorded 187 new confirmed circumstances of Dengue Fever, aka Breakbone Illness – a mosquito-borne sickness.
Dengue virus is transmitted primarily by feminine Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
Signs embrace excessive fever, complications, eye ache, muscle/joint pains, and pores and skin rash. Extreme circumstances can contain steady stomach ache, persistent vomiting, and mucosal bleeding.
10 Steps to Shield Your self and the Neighborhood from Dengue:
- Apply repellents on pores and skin & garments.
- Use mattress nets for defense throughout sleep.
- Put on full sleeved tops and lengthy pants
- Set up screens on doorways & home windows.
- Get rid of water-holding containers responsibly. Keep trimmed lawns.
- Refresh vase water day by day.
- Change water in pet/animal troughs every single day.
- Retailer tires in dry locations.
- Report stagnant water to the native Environmental Well being Division.
- Search medical care for those who present signs of fever, joint pains, eye ache, or rash.
Methods to forestall Mosquito breeding:
- Drain out and scrub clear backyard fountains, fowl Baths, flower pot Base plates no less than as soon as every week.
- Cowl overhead water tanks with a good lid to forestall mosquitoes from coming into
- Clear roof gutters by making certain the outlet stays open and water doesn’t stagnate
- No less than as soon as every week drain out and scrub clear trays beneath fridge , air conditioners, water coolers tanks , indoor flower pots and vases
- Go away doorways and home windows of your homes open when native authorities are finishing up fogging
- Flip over or cowl objects that may gather water similar to wheelbarrows, drums or bowls
- Cowl the overflows pipes of water tanks with a fabric that permits water to stream out, however prevents mosquitoes from coming into
- Guarantee bottles , plastic containers or any discarded materials by which water can gather , are correctly disposed of or recycled.
- Whereas spraying pesticides to kill mosquitoes, concentrate on darkish areas similar to closets , beneath beds and behind curtains
