Managua, 20 Aug (EFE).-at least 1,146 people have been affected by dengue so far of the year in Nicaragua, sanitary authorities said today they announced a national day to avoid an epidemic.

“From January to August 11” past “have 1,146 positive cases of dengue,” said at a press conference the Nicaraguan Minister of health, Sonia Castro.

the official indicated that the cases “are not serious”, but are “fairly mild clinical manifestation”.

Castro not explained how many people have been infected by classical variant of the disease and how many by the hemorrhagic, the more dangerous.

officer unveiled these figures to announce they will deploy a day of preventive actions to deal with the reproduction of the mosquito vector of the disease, the “Aedes aegypti”, which nests in puddles of clear water and chop day.

that am Vortag die höchste Niederschlagsmenge in der Regenzeit, die Monate September und Oktober, umfassen desinfizieren und Brutstätten von Mücken in Haushalten, sagte zerstören.

Dengue-Fieber ist eine akute Viruserkrankung, die geprägt ist durch hohes Fieber, starke Kopfschmerzen, Schmerzen in den Muskeln, Störungen des Magen-Darm-Trakt und Hautausschläge. EFE