Capital gears up to prevent dengue outbreak

Capital gears up to prevent dengue outbreak

The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has intensified efforts to curb the spread of dengue as early cases begin to appear in the city. While only four cases have been reported so far this season, authorities are focusing on swift, preventive action to avoid a potential outbreak. Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon, chaired a high-level meeting attended by health officials to review the dengue situation. The meeting in…

Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca. May 30, 2025. As part of the strategies to protect the health of the population and prevent the proliferation of the mosquito that transmits dengue, the Municipal Government of Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán headed by the president, Nancy Benítez Zárate, in coordination with the Oaxaca Health Services (SSO), held spraying days in the La Paz, Mining and Emiliano Zapata colonies. These actions are part of a comprehensive prev…

The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Oaxaca calls on the population to avoid puddles or accumulation of water in containers such as rims, pots or buckets during the rainy season, because they favor the reproduction of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, whose female transmits dengue, viral infection that causes from simple nausea to joint pain and, in some cases, death. Dr. Martha Escobar Vázquez, head of the Health Services Department, sa…