There are 90 municipalities in the state that are at risk of contracting dengue fever
Even in the dry season, Mato Grosso has 90 municipalities classified as at risk of dengue. Tangará da Serra is included in this context, and is one of the municipalities most concerned with state health authorities, with 10 times the incidence recorded in the first half of 2021.
To get an idea, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, from January to June 2021, 79 cases of dengue were recorded in the main city of the southwestern region of Mato Grosso, while there were 813 cases in the same period this year. . That is an increase of 929%.
Despite the high number of the disease, the municipal health department is working hard to combat the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the disease carrier. Teams from the settlement sector work in a joint effort to detect and eliminate the spread of vector insects, with citizens’ participation in separating debris with potential water buildup. Next, municipal trucks pass by to collect the rubble that the residents have separated.
secondly Epidemiological report No. 08 (epidemiological week 1 to 26/2022) Give State Department of Health (SES-MT)10 municipalities in the region drawn by Tangara da Serra are on “high risk” alert for dengue and chikungunya, with a cumulative incidence greater/equal to 300 cases per 100,000/inhabitant.
In addition to Tangará da Serra, the municipalities of Arenápolis, Barra do Bugres, Campo Novo do Parecis, Diamantino, Nortelândia, Nova Marilândia, Porto Estrela, Santo Afonso and Sapezal are included at “high risk”.
Regarding the incidence of dengue fever, Nova Olympia is the municipality in the best conditions in the region, not in a “high risk” state.
Mato Grosso recorded 10,086 cases of dengue fever in 2021 compared to 27,986 cases this year, an increase of 159%. Regarding confirmed deaths, the increase was 85%, taking into account seven deaths in the period from January to June of last year, compared to 13 deaths recorded this year.
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