The Bolivian government will use drones to spray mosquitoes in an effort to stop the transmission of dengue fever, a disease that has spread in the country due to overflowing rivers caused by heavy rains in recent days.
This was informed by the Bolivian President, Luis Arce, after delivering to 600 families in San Julian, a town affected by the overflowing of rivers and located in the department of Santa Cruz. The president detailed that five of these unmanned vehicles will be deployed to fumigate and eliminate mosquito breeding sites, according to ABI.
«The first thing is to save lives», said Arce in declarations to the press, summoning the mayor of San Julián and Cuatro Cuñadas -another municipality affected by the floods- to carry out a clean-up of the mosquito breeding places that transmit the disease.
«Let’s have a clean-up day, we all have to work together: the national government with the citizens. Let’s have a clean-up day to solve this problem,» urged the Bolivian president.
The Minister of the Presidency, María Nela Prada, confirmed that there will be coordination with the municipal authorities to «carry out this cleaning day so that the authorities and the families» of the department of Santa Cruz eliminate dengue fever.
According to data from the health authorities, the accumulated cases of dengue nationwide amount to 3,949, while the total number of deaths has reached 17 people, according to the agency. Of the total number of infected people, the department of Santa Cruz is the one with the highest percentage of positive cases: 2,912 in total.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
