Over the period concerned, the cases are distributed in 12 municipalities:
- Rowing – Saint-Leu
- L’Etang-Salé – Saint-Denis
- Saint-Paul – Bras-Panon
- Sainte-Marie – The Possession
- Saint-Pierre – The Port
- Saint-Louis – Le Tampon
The communication campaign continues
In view of the risk of an epidemic resumption this summer, the ARS and the prefecture have launched a communication campaign to make Reunionese aware of:
- continue the fight once morest dengue fever and mosquitoes:
- remove anything that may contain standing water at home (cups, small objects, gutters, etc.)
- protect yourself from mosquito bites using repellent and mosquito nets, especially for infants and bedridden people, but also on doors and windows.
- ROUV BARO! : give a warm welcome to the ARS team, who go to courtyards and gardens to provide practical advice to Reunionese.
New:
This week, discover the video Advice from Damien, vector control agent at ARS Reunion who tracks down for you all the places in your garden where water can sleep. It tells you how to identify and eliminate these breeding sites in order to fight once morest mosquitoes, vectors of dengue fever.
Used tires, plant cuttings, flower pots, all places where the larvae can develop if the water is not emptied at least once a week.
To benefit from Damien’s advice, watch the video now on the ARS website, ! Click here
(poster, radio spot, video animation…) :
Recommendations to protect yourself from mosquito bites and dengue fever
- Eliminate and empty stagnant water, which can constitute breeding grounds for mosquitoes : cups, small containers, gutters, tires, …
- To protect yourself, including during the 7 days following the onset of symptoms to protect those around you (repellent, mosquito net, etc.); and continue to protect yourself, even if you have already been sick with dengue fever before
- Consult a doctor at the first symptoms (fever, headache, muscle/joint pain, nausea, vomiting, etc.) and take the sample in the medical analysis laboratory prescribed by your doctor to confirm the diagnosis of dengue
- If you are sick with dengue fever :
- keep protecting yourself from mosquito bites to avoid transmitting the disease to those around you and monitor your state of health,
- consult your doctor or, in his absence, an emergency service in the event of a deterioration in your state of health.
