The West Nile virus arrives at the gates of Rome. Two cases recorded in the province, on the south coast in the Anzio and Nettuno area. In all of Lazio we count Seven new infectedtwo of which with neurological syndrome and five with fever, which make the positive balance sheet rise to 28 ascertained in the Region by the Spallanzani Institute. They are almost all in the province of Latina (26), including the woman who died last week at the Fondi hospital. Eleven patients currently hospitalized in ordinary departments while two more serious are found in intensive care.
Content measures also extended in the Castelli and Roman coast area
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And attention is high. The Lazio Region has ordered, Among the precautionary measures, the extension of the execution of the test for the virus to all blood donors. During the control room that the Regional Health Directorate took place today extended the containment requirements of the virus also to the ASL Roma 6, or to the territories of the Castelli Romani and in the section of the South coast.
Rocca: “We must not create alarmism”
But President Francesco Rocca invites to calm: “We must not create alarmism – he explained -. With the virus we must now learn to live with. It is not Covid. So we also try to bring back to the right track”. And then he said ironically: “A group of mosquitoes came down from a ship and colonized the territory. The important thing is to know how to recognize the symptoms and prevent”. The contagion takes place with “normal mosquitoes”.
High Guard in Avellino
High guard also in other territories such as in Avellino where the ASL has activated a series of prevention measures. The Department of Prevention of the Healthcare Company has communicated that “to date no case has been found of the infection on the provincial territory”, while the integrated veterinary surveillance and clinical for the timely identification of suspicious symptoms has been strengthened.
Recommendations to avoid the virus
The ASL recalled that “the virus is not transmitted from person to person” and recommends the correct use of anti-life repellents, adequate protective clothing, the installation of mosquito nets, the controlling controllers and the elimination of possible larval outbreaks generated by small water collections, as in the saucers, in the water containers and at untreated fountains.
In Pozzuoli from Monday extraordinary disinfestation plan
An extraordinary disinfestation plan was then started by the Municipality of Pozzuoli “to prevent any possible risk linked to the West Nile mosquito”, even if the Municipality said that “at the moment there are no reports or health emergencies”. Therefore, no emergency, but “prevention interventions.
Alexandria runs for cover against mosquitoes
And, even if it is not linked to the West Nile, Alessandria runs for shelters to defend itself from mosquitoes. A protective barrier will be created around the urban perimeter: an innovative mode that sees the leading city at national level and which will cover a section of about 27 kilometers. All with repeated disinfestations performed natural substances.
