2023-09-08 21:07:40
According to the ARS, all dengue monitoring indicators continue to progress in Guadeloupe. The dengue epidemic declared on September 1, 2023 in Guadeloupe by the respective management committees continues. It is the DENV-2 serotype which was identified in all the cases investigated in Guadeloupe. In Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy the situation is considered “calm”
FJO. with ML. Plaisir and D. Quérin • Published on September 8, 2023 at 5:07 p.m.
The figures are there to underline the seriousness of the situation. In Guadeloupe, the ARS reports 600 cases clinically suggestive of dengue during the week between August 28 and September 3 compared to 500 the previous week.
36 people went to the CHUG or CHBT emergency room compared to 39 the previous week. 8 cases required hospitalization following going to the emergency room, 3 more than previously. Finally, of the 11 cases recorded and considered serious, there were 3 deaths.
Figures which show the constant seriousness of the epidemic in Guadeloupe.
The commune of Capesterre-Belle-Eau is one of those where there are many cases of dengue fever. In the Sources district, residents know all the important instructions for fighting mosquitoes and curbing the dengue epidemic. But it is on a daily basis that they face it.
Les Sources district in Capesterre Belle Ea • ©D. Quérin
Melly Campon has been very scared these past few days. Her son contracted dengue fever. And for the young mother, it was a difficult moment to go through.
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At the Sources, the lack of water is chronic. Very often, residents have to organize themselves to compensate for the lack of tap water. So they stock up. It’s not always easy to store them here and there without these reserves becoming breeding grounds.
EVELYNE COINTRE • ©Guadeloupe
Everyone hopes that their situation will be taken into account so that their living conditions are not also a health risk factor for them.
Residents take precautions to eliminate possible breeding grounds • ©D. Quérin
In Saint-Martin: the epidemiological situation is calm, however it must be monitored carefully. Fewer than ten cases clinically suggestive of dengue fever have been seen in medical consultations since mid-August. A biologically confirmed case was reported at the end of August. The epidemiological situation is being monitored carefully.
In Saint-Barthélemy: The epidemiological situation is calm but more active with cases biologically recorded since the beginning of August. However, it remains closely followed.
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