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El Salvador is launching a national campaign to fight againstdengue

The start of the campaign coincides with National Day combatecontra dengue in El Salvador, where authorities esperanrealizar more than 60,000 visits to homes to carry out fumigation tareasde and information.

This National Day for fighting dengue Elano began in 2005, by decree of the Legislative Assembly to raise awareness about the danger wing population represented by this disease , and said Health Minister Maria Isabel Rodriguez to the present.

The activity marked the beginning of a campaign of visits aescuelas and homes across the country to conduct seminars and spraying delimpieza places where they can raise the mosquitoaedes aegypti, the transmitter of the disease.

also launched a public information campaign afin prevent the spread of dengue.

Rodriguez said that until now reported 1502 cases of dengueclasico, 35 cases of hemorrhagic and 4845 such patients who are under review to determine whether they have contracted the disease.

We recorded two deaths so far of two babies and eleven months desiete age, the official confirmed.

warned that this week 212 new cases were confirmed dedengue, representing almost 30 percent more than the last.

The minister was accompanied by Vice President and head deEducacion, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, and colleague of the Interior, Humberto Centeno, in the event held in San Salvador yreplicado in other localities.

Dengue fever is a contagious disease that causes fever, vomiting, body aches and can be fatal, especially when sedesarrolla the hemorrhagic type. EFE

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