Oropouche virus arrives in Havana

Cuban authorities have confirmed that the Oropouche virus has already been detected in the country’s capital and have called for measures to control the epidemiological situation.

Havana Governor Izquierdo Alonso said the country’s capital is seeing an increase in cases of dengue fever and Oropouche virus. Havana Tribune.

At the meeting, the official pointed out that there are “indicators warning of approaching critical numbers” if protocols established to “strengthen investigations, control cases and search for citizens with febrile manifestations” are not followed.

“In the public sector, areas where dengue transmission agent and oropouche,” explained Izquierdo Alonso.

These measures include destruction of mosquito breeding grounds and implementing fumigation and vector control programs throughout the city.

The Oropouche virus is transmitted through mosquito bites and its entry into Cuban capital This is especially worrying because the national director of epidemiology at the Ministry of Health (MINSAP), Francisco Duran, admitted on Wednesday that the country no fuel spray for mosquitoes.

Cases of fever have increased in Santiago de Cuba, Las Tunas, Holguin, Matanzas, Ciego de Avila and other Cuban provinces.