Panama, 6 sep (EFE).-the Ministry of health of Panama (Minsa) reported today that it increased to six deaths from dengue hemorrhagic fever in this country since the beginning of 2011, so it has established a cordon to combat this disease.
Health entity explained in a statement that so far there are 915 cases of classic dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever 26 confirmed, of which six are deaths.
The Panamanian Minister of health, Franklin Vergara, ordered to establish a cordon in the capital of the Panamanian after analyzing the behavior of the mosquito that transmits the disease, the “Aedes aegypti”.
The cordon covers sector East and West of the city of Panama, the District of San Miguelito (in the outskirts of the capital) and the metropolitan area.
Vergara explained that this new action seeks to eradicate and slashing rates of infestation and includes hours of spraying and elimination of breeding sites at times when more active shows the mosquito, said the statement.
Epidemiology statistics indicate that you between 1993 and 2010 recognized 98 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever, close to the number of suspected cases in 2011. EFE
