The Public Health Secretariat of the Generalitat of Catalonia has Five mild cases of dengue fever detected in Vila-seca (Tarragona), even if the focus is already mastered.
Two people were admitted to the Joan XXIII Hospital in Tarragona and later discharged, another was symptomatic but did not require hospitalization and the other two were asymptomatic patients. “In Catalonia, there are an epidemic of indigenous transmission under study of dengue fever in the Tarragona region,” Public Health emphasizes.
Dengue fever is a viral disease that It is transmitted by mosquito bites and its symptoms are high fever, joint and muscle pain, severe headache, nausea, vomiting or rash. “Although the cases detected in Vila-seca are mild, health authorities They recommend that citizens be attentive to the symptoms and, in case of suspicion, go immediately to the nearest Primary Care Center (CAP) to receive appropriate medical care,” Public Health emphasizes.
The Vila-seca City Council assures that it has intensified, during these days, the mosquito repellent treatments and on Sunday he informed citizens through social networks: “Health informs us and asks us to give advice to the population to protect themselves from mosquitoes and have green spaces and areas without puddles.” In previous years, cases of autochthonous dengue had already been diagnosed in Catalonia, that is, not associated with the movement of people.
