The Yucatán Health Secretariat (SSY) will continue fumigation actions from August 12 to 16 in Mérida and municipalities within the state.
Carlos Isaac Hernández Fuentes, Director of Health Prevention and Protection, detailed that on Monday, brigades will work in Juan Pablo II, Mulsay, Xoclán Carmelitas, Bosques de Mulsay, Xoclán Santos, and Xoclán San Manuel neighborhoods.
On Tuesday, August 13, brigades will carry out prevention tasks in Francisco I. Madero, San Lorenzo, Bojórquez, Armando Ávila G., Yucalpetén, and Central de Abastos settlements. On Wednesday, August 14, they will be in Bosques del Poniente, Villas de Yucalpetén, Ampliación Juan Pablo Sección Orquídeas, Nora Quintana, El Porvenir, San Francisco, Atlántida, Las Vigas, Miguel Hidalgo, and Vaca Feliz.
On Thursday, August 15, they will cover Paseo de las Fuentes, San Pedro, Roma II, San Damián, García Ginerés, San Damiancito, Turquesa, Jardines de Chuburná, Pedregales de Tanlum, Pensiones, and Pensiones Norte.
On Friday, August 16, fumigation will take place in Certificación Colonia Yucatán, Pensiones, Pensiones Etapa VII, Amapolita, and Lindavista.
Regarding municipalities within the state, Hernández Fuentes noted that the fumigation schedule will be as follows: today in Tekom, on the 13th and 14th in Tizimín, and on the 12th, 15th, and 16th in Valladolid.
The SSY director urged the population to cooperate by keeping their yards clean and eliminating containers where water can accumulate. He also warned against placing trash and junk on corners to avoid sanitary nuisances to the population.
Currently, an extraordinary effort is being made in coordination with municipal authorities to collect remnants.
This year so far, actions have been carried out for the benefit of the population, consisting of larval control in 260,263 homes, nebulization of 15,933 hectares of surface area with fumigation vehicles, and 5,710 homes.
He disclosed that dengue is a tropical disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which lays its eggs in containers with stagnant water. Therefore, he recommended that the population consider this factor because rainwater favors the insect laying its eggs in vases, flowerpots, containers, and useless objects in yards where mosquitoes capable of transmitting the disease reproduce.
