First death from dengue is confirmed in Montes Claros by City Hall | Grande Minas

The first death from dengue in 2024 was confirmed by the City Hall in Montes Claros. The death already appears in the municipality’s Arbovirus Bulletin, but is not yet included in the survey carried out by the state.

According to information from the municipal health department, this is a 43-year-old man who died on March 22. He began to have symptoms on the 4th of the same month and was hospitalized two days later, presenting fever, muscle pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, back pain and spots on his body. The patient had hypertension and was obese.

The municipality’s Arbovirus Bulletin indicates that 18,446 cases were reported, see other details in the table below:

Cases

This year, 400 hospitalizations due to arboviruses were carried out, 313 people from Montes Claros and 87 from other cities.

In the document, the City Council recognizes that the municipality is experiencing an alarming scenario and an outbreak of diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti, with “exponential growth in the number of cases and notifications.”

The decree authorizes the “adoption of all administrative and assistance measures necessary to contain the outbreak, in particular public acquisition of inputs and materials, and the hiring of human resources and services strictly necessary to respond to the emergency situation”.

The municipality highlighted that the Department of Urban Services is authorized to extend public cleaning activities, including in vacant lots, public or private, in cases where the lack of cleaning is putting sanitary control at risk.

The Rapid Index Survey for Aedes aegypti (LIRAa) showed an infestation of 8.3% in Montes Claros. This means that for every 100 places visited, more than eight had mosquito outbreaks, which are responsible for the transmission of dengue, zika and chikungunya. The previous LIRAa had been at 5.96%.

The first survey of the year was carried out between the 15th and 24th of January and places the municipality in a situation of high risk of mosquito infestation, considering the parameters of the Ministry of Health, in which the measurement is considered satisfactory when it is below 1%; alert situation when it is in the range between 1% and 3.9%; and indicates risk of outbreak when it is equal to or greater than 4%.

Reports about mosquito outbreaks by calling 2211-4400 or 0800 283 3330.

The places where Aedes aegypti breeding sites were found most frequently were:

• Mobile storage: vases with aquatic plants, bottles with water, plant support plates, refrigerator defrosting containers, animal drinking fountains, air conditioning tanks: 47.6%
• Fixed deposits: masonry tanks, construction deposits, swimming pools, disused toilets, passage boxes, drains, channels and architectural pieces: 19.2%.
• Ground-level deposits: Water storage for domestic consumption (barrel, tub, barrel, drum, clay deposit, tank, well, cistern, well, etc.): 17.7%.