Araruama City Hall will promote D-Day to combat dengue in the Outeiro neighborhood | Araruama

Araruama – This Friday (3), Araruama City Hall, through the Health and Public Works Departments, will promote another action in the campaign to combat dengue in the municipality. This time, D-Day will be held in the Outeiro neighborhood, from 9am to 4pm.

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The joint action includes visits by health agents to local homes, offering guidance on measures to combat the disease. Aedes aegyptimosquito that transmits the disease.

The health team checks and helps eliminate possible breeding sites, such as tires, gutters, plates used to support plants and other objects that can accumulate stagnant water. In places where there are already mosquito outbreaks and larvae, spraying with insecticides is carried out.

Professionals from the Public Works Department carry out cleaning work and remove rubbish and rubbish from backyards, which can also become breeding grounds for Aedes aegypti.

In addition to dengue, the mosquito is also a transmitter of chikungunya and Zika, and it is essential that there is awareness and collaboration between the population and public authorities to minimize the occurrence of cases.