Quirós said that dengue cases have stabilized in the City of Buenos Aires

The Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Fernán Quirós, said on Wednesday that during the last week the cases of dengue in the City of Buenos Aires stabilized. But he warned that we will have to “live with” the disease. The number of cases has stabilized and we have the first record of decreased oviposture (egg implantation). There are fewer mosquitoes, fewer consultations, fewer hospitalizations. It was a break in the last week, a partial break that we will continue for several weeks with cases with the tendency to be in the final stage,” said the head of the health portfolio this morning at a press conference together with the head of the Buenos Aires government, Jorge Macri, and the vice-president, Clara Muzzio. We hope by May or June to have a scientific evaluation on how the epidemic evolved in the places where it was focused and segmented, in addition to data on the efficacy and safety of the vaccine in people over 60 years of age, due to the magnitude of that population in the city of Buenos Aires. According to that, for the winter months we will have a very clear position and we will implement the means to carry out the corresponding campaign in CABA prior to next summer,” added Quirós.In turn, he announced that the City will provide the vaccine free of charge “in all the indications that in terms of public policy correspond.” We are going to have to live with the disease”In turn, the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macri, highlighted the actions of the Buenos Aires administration in the face of the outbreak: “We have invested, we have reacted and we have worked with the seriousness that a disease like dengue deserves. At the same time, it was always essential that each neighbor knew how to prevent contagion and that this awareness was not lacking as part of the solution to the problem.” In this sense, he added: “Throughout this disease we have tested more than 65 thousand neighbors, of which 12 thousand have tested positive. We’ve given you that information quickly. Every time we identify a positive case, a specific protocol is activated to offer those who were infected to go and fumigate their home, they have not always let us.” Looking to the future, the mayor warned that dengue “is a disease that we have to live with.” “The disease is not over. In the winter we will take stock and come up with a plan,” he said. While he urged the national government “to work towards the next appearance [del mosquito] to make next summer’s traffic better.”

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