RECOMMENDATIONS TO AVOID DENGUE

· It is recommended to go to the doctor with these associated symptoms.

The Departmental Government, through the Secretariat of Health, is informing the community of the Departmental Archipelago of San Andres, Providence and Santa Catalina islands that, due to the El Niño phenomenon, we have seen the increased risk of acquiring dengue: also, before the national alert due to the increase of cases in some Departments of the country, it is recommended to take the following measures to prevent the proliferation of the transmitting mosquito, Aedes Aegypti:

- Keep water tanks tightly covered.

- Pick up residue where water accumulates such as tires, cans or abandoned bottles.

- Wash water tanks weekly with chlorine and a brush with hard bristles to eliminate mosquito eggs which adhere to the walls of the tank.

If you have any of these symptoms, you should go to your Health Provider Institution or to a Medical Center near you:

- High and intermittent fever that does not easily give in to medicines,

- Pain in the bones 

- Outbreak

- Red eyes

- Appetite loss

- Abdominal pain