This Thursday (15), starting at 9 a.m., the fourth major multi-departmental effort to combat Aedes aegypti will take place. This time, the action team will take place in the Jockey Club neighborhood, with the focus at the Municipal School Professora Wilmar Cava Barros, on Avenida Presidente Kennedy.
The neighborhood was chosen because of its high incidence of breeding sites and infestations of mosquitoes, which are responsible for transmitting dengue, Zika virus, and chikungunya. There will be a drone on site that will map the entire area, identifying potential Aedes outbreaks, such as water tanks without a screen.
In addition to the work of the CCZ, which is to inspect property, apply larvicides, screen with a smoke truck, collect waste, seal containers such as water tanks, barrels, etc., and clean up public roads and vacant lots. To be carried out, orientation to the population, distribution of information brochures and notices in workshops, rubber shops and recyclers.
“I am calling on the inhabitants of Jockey so that, together, they can do another work against the mosquitoes that transmit dengue. If everyone does their part and work, inside their homes, we will be able to end Aedes aegypti,” assures CCZ Director Carlos Morales.
The multi-secretariat work is reinforced by the Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS), through the Clarion-Clipperton Rift Zone and will rely on the participation of the Public Order, Government, Education, Science and Technology (Seduct) secretariats; Undersecretaries of the Ministry of Environment and Public Hygiene, Squares and Gardens, Health Control Department (Visa), in addition to the Municipal Civil Guard.
OTHER ACTIONS – Task Force takes place within the “Dengue Aqui Não” campaign, which was officially launched on February 3rd. The procedures have already been carried out in Travessão, in Livestock and in the Parque Prazeres neighborhood, in the Guarus region.
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