Photo: Camilo Velazco Petittón/La Voz del Níquel

Campaign Against Arboviruses Intensifies in Moa

As part of the efforts to combat arboviruses, a massive fumigation campaign began this Saturday in the Holguin municipality of Moa. The campaign will cover both the interior and surrounding areas of homes within the health zone of the “Juan Manuel Páez” Polyclinic.

The health initiative, which will continue throughout the weekend, aims to reduce infestation rates of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The main vector of dengue fever and other diseases.

Twenty fumigation units (sprayers) will be used for the operation. The operational plan includes fumigation of homes to treat more than 3,400 residences across 27 city blocks in the Miraflores-Atlántico People’s Council between Saturday and Sunday.

Spatial treatment with spraying will be carried out at dawn and dusk in designated areas. The campaign will be supported by workers from various entities and companies in the región. Who will operate the equipment after receiving specialized training from technicians at the Municipal Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology.

During the contingent’s commissioning ceremony, Mayor Pavel Raúl Torres Breff, in the presence of Yiganis Cruz Martínez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in the region. Alexei Martínez Mora, President of the Government, emphasized the need for organization and discipline during these two days of intensive vector control.

He also conveyed the authorities’ gratitude to all the volunteers who joined the effort.

Although this eradication is expected to significantly reduce the mosquito population. Health authorities stress the importance of community responsibility. An urgent appeal is being made to the public to maintain hygiene in their homes and yards. Eliminating potential breeding sites through the systematic practice of self-inspection, a fundamental action for the campaign’s sustained success.

With information from Camilo Velazco Petittón/La Voz del Níquel

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