incident was recorded Malathia in dengue one a person returning from a trip abroad and resident Trento. Based on the instructions of the Ministry of Health, the Provincial Health Services Company, in agreement with the Municipality of Trento, has provided some precautionary measures to limit the spread of mosquitoes and prevent secondary cases of disease in the area where the affected person lives. Dengue disease. Therefore, on Thursday, July 11, from 9:30 a.m., mosquito disinfection will be carried out in the limited area of the hamlet of Mattarello.
Dengue is one infectious diseasetransmitted only by mosquito bites: the main carrier of the disease is the mosquito Aedes aegypti Although there is a small possibility of transmission through tiger mosquitoes, it is absent in the province (Aedes albopictus). The disease is not directly transmitted from person to person and usually has a benign course, with a febrile phase lasting about a week and symptomatic therapy primarily serving to reduce fever and muscle pain. Only in rare cases can the clinical picture be more serious. The disease is absent in Italy and Trentino, but is very common in some areas of the planet (for example, in Southeast Asia and South America), so it is not unusual for people to contract and develop the disease in countries at risk. symptoms after returning from a trip.
Because it is transmitted by the disease mosquito, in order to prevent secondary infections, a disinfection intervention is necessary, which will be carried out using products with an insecticidal effect that do not pose a danger to humans and domestic animals. However, as a precaution, it is recommended to close the windows of the houses during the operation, and to prevent people and animals from entering the parks for about 5-6 hours after disinfection. It is good to remember for this to limit the spread of the tiger mosquitoas others, the cooperation of citizens in the management of water resources available in homes and private gardens (for example, barrels, fountains or saucers) is essential with the use of larvicidal products to be used once a week, for about three weeks.
This afternoon the mayor of Trento Franco Iancelli Mattarello has signed a conditional and urgent public health and hygiene measure for the implementation of precautionary mosquito disinfection measures in a limited area of the hamlet, the main details of which are given below.
The ordinance is addressed to all residents, condominium administrators, commercial operators, managers of productive, recreational, and sports activities, and generally to all persons who actually own open space in that area. After careful consideration of the context with the staff of the provincial health services company, and in any case according to the operational indicators of the emergency protocol, the provision orders:
– Grant access to employees of the Trento Provincial Health Services Company, Department of Prevention, to inspect the area and eliminate larval outbreaks present in private areas;
– Access to the employees of the Health Services Company of the Province of Trento, the Department of Prevention responsible for disinsection, to carry out maturation and larvicidal treatment in non-removable foci;
– To close the windows during the disinfection treatment hours, tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, from 9.30 a.m. until the end of operations until approximately 12.00 p.m., unless otherwise instructed by the staff of the Trento provincial health service, Department of Prevention.