He West Nile Virus keep worrying Andalusia. This Thursday, we learned that a 64-year-old woman The Rambla (Cordoba) She has been hospitalized for several days. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Queen Sofia Hospital from the capital Cordoba. The affected initially entered into the Montilla Hospitalbut was transferred to the USI from the Cordoba hospital center after a worsening of his condition health statusas confirmed by the Mayor of the municipality, Jorge Jiménezwho assured that “the neighbor did not go to another municipality”, therefore considers that the infection occurred in the city itself.
“Right now, what worries us most is women’s health,” he said, adding that “there could be more cases, but we will try to do it.” prevent it so that there are no more. Thus, the mayor hopes that the person concerned “will recover soon.”
In this regard, the first mayor indicated that “if there were another case no matter how benign it was, with the slightest symptoms, it would have been reported to us, because that’s what the doctors told us. health inspectors“.
Furthermore, he assured that since the city council measures have been taken “from the first moment, at the very moment when the Health Delegation communicated it”, so that “we hired a company that will develop the municipal plan for prevention and immediate fumigation”.
Likewise, he stressed that “it is not good that there is stagnant water“, that is why “all the fountains in the city have been emptied and a notice has been published in which the population is informed of what has happened, that there is a case and preventive measures that they should be taken from every house and every swimming pool”, which advise “treating them with chlorine”.
While, Jimenez said that “it is not normal” that there are cases on La Rambla with the mosquito that transmits the West Nile Virus“because we are in the middle Cordoba Campaignwhere at the moment everything is completely dry”, so that “it is not a wetland, like Aguilar de la Frontera, Puente Genil or Santaellawhich have lagoons,” adding that they have “resolved the whole issue of stagnant water very well.” “There is one place that is impossible to control, which is the outlet of fresh water, but they are quite far from the city,” he said, stressing that “there are no water sources either.”
Tranquility
For his part, the delegate of the Junta de Andalucía in Cordoba, Adolfo Molinalaunched an appeal this Thursday for “tranquility” after this first case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in the province in 2024.
In statements to journalists, the representative of the regional government expressed that “80% of the cases are harmless and nothing happens”, admitting that “it is true that there are patients who have other pathologies where we see problems”, but he hopes that “there is nothing serious to regret in the province.”
In this regard, Molina specified that “at the moment, surveillance is underway, which corresponds to the Junta of Andalusia“, to “coordinate mosquito surveillance actions and inform in a transparent manner, both to municipalities and to citizens”, to which he added that “it is the municipalities that must carry out the fumigations, which is in accordance with their municipal plans.
Along the way, he defended “information, control and coordination with the municipalities”, while at the same time “there are traps in the different municipalities”, such as Montalbán, Bridge Genil and Aguilar de la Fronteraensuring that “many are being implemented”, since “one of the things that the Andalusian government has done is to launch the surveillance system by trapping in risk areas”, something that “did not exist before”, and “for “Now we know the concentration”, he said.
Meanwhile, the Delegate to the Board of Directors He said that “one cannot demonize one municipality or another, but that mayors are simply informed when something appears, with full transparency and coordination,” while stating that “when the cold arrives, the concentration of mosquitoes will be reduced.”
Measures on La Rambla
The regional administration reported this case and the Consistory, in order to minimize the impact of infections due to the disease. West Nile Feverand considering the active participation of the population, one of the most important aspects of vector surveillance at the local level, formulates different recommendations on the one hand.
Thus, regarding the home measures, he indicates that “the majority of mosquitoes that bite in the houses have reproduced very close to the houses and, probably, we ourselves have provided the hatchery And shelter adapted to this,” so that “the juvenile stages of biting mosquitoes are found in stagnant water and do not need much space.”
In this case, they point out that “domestic sources range from buckets, cans, tanks and poorly covered septic tanks, to fountains and, above all, to untreated swimming pools outside the bathing season, to containers to collect condensation from air conditioning units, dishes under flower pots, etc.
Meanwhile, in the countryside, they explain that “the presence of adult mosquitoesespecially if we are near areas with stagnant water – not necessarily dirty – or with abundant vegetation and relatively high humidity that allows them to be active throughout the day – although it is the hours of sunrise and sunset that they normally register a greater concentration-.
And in summer residences, due to their proximity to the natural environment, especially in the conditions mentioned in the previous section, they imply “greater use of outdoor spaces and less insulation of the interior, leading to a greater frequency of mosquitoes inside the rooms.
It must be taken into account that “there are mosquitoes that spend the whole day inside the rooms to feed and others that only enter at night, attracted by the atmosphere. light-«, to which they add that «gardens with abundant vegetation and well watered have excellent conditions to shelter adult mosquitoes during the day, for example in hedges, bushes and pots that provide them protect from daytime heat“.
Bites
Regarding measures to avoid bites, they recommend using tissues mosquito nets in windows and doors, monitor pump rooms with drinking water tanks or intended to receive waste water, floodable basements of buildings, etc.; wear clothing that covers the skin: long sleeves, long pants and socks, especially in the evening; leave the light off if the window is open, as mosquitoes flock to the light.
Inside abroadtry to stay away from areas with untreated stagnant water – unchlorinated water – such as tire breakers, fountains, swimming pools, ponds, laundry rooms, tree holes, etc. Use mosquito repellents in cases where we are in an area where they are abundant and at times when they bite most frequently – late afternoon or at night. Products that are not registered for “domestic use” should not be used and the contents of the labels should be read carefully before using the product.
If aerosols – insecticides – are used, the rooms must be well ventilated. They must also be registered in domestic use. Electric mosquito repellents should always be used with the windows open – at least when spending the night in the room – and the participation of the population is essential for control measures to have significant success, which is why the collaboration of the neighborhood is requested for “eradicate this situation.”
