These night operations were to take place this Wednesday and will continue Thursday in the 18th arrondissement of Paris and in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).
The war against mosquitoes continues. Two cases of dengue fever, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), were diagnosed at the start of last week. Faced with this situation, the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency announced, in a press release, to initiate mosquito control operations in order to “reduce the risk of spreadof illness. This summer, the Ile-de-France region was the scene of six actions of this type.
Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by the blood-sucking insect. Also known as the “tropical feverit is characterized by high temperatures, headaches, nausea, joint pain and a rash. “Complications can be severe“, underlines the ARS.
Two imported dengue cases
The first operation will take place in a delimited sector of the 13th arrondissement of Paris on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. A case of dengue was diagnosed last Tuesday in a patient. According to the ARS, the individual contracted the disease during a stay outside France. The second action will take place in a “localized areain Colombes on the night of Thursday August 31 to Friday September 1. A case “proud tropicalwas reported in a person returning from a trip abroad. During her period of illness, she stayed in the town of Hauts-de-Seine.
To get rid of the insects, the Regional Mosquito Control Agency (ARD) provides “an insecticide-based treatment targeting the resting places of the tiger mosquito (bushes, groves, foliage, etc.) within a radius of 150 meters for these two localities“. The inhabitants of the sectors concerned are invited to close their windows tightly, to bring their plants inside as well as their pets. Traffic on public roads and access to pedestrians will be prohibited in the treated areas for the duration of the intervention and one hour later.