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Dengue Alert in Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan capital and
several municipalities of the
western country are on an
epidemiologic alert after the
death of two children with
hemorrhagic dengue and the
detection of other 20 cases of
the classical variant of the
illness.
The deceased were a six year-old
girl and a boy of four, in
Managua, in recent days,
according to the Public health
Minister (MINSA).
About 20 people with dengue are
in the capital and in San Rafael
del Sur, Masachapa and Tipitapa
areas.
A red alert was declared for the
affected municipalities,
according to MINSA authorities.
Local authorities exhorted the
population to support the
institution s efforts to
eradicate the mosquito Aedes
aegypti, main agent transmitter
of the illness.
Cleaning and fumigation
campaigns are announced in the
whole city for the next weeks as
part of those actions.
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