By Andrea Hargraves 
The number of confirmed dengue cases continues to rise in Minas Gerais. Within three weeks, exactly 1,932 new notifications were confirmed in the state, according to data from the Epidemiological Bulletin issued on Wednesday (9). Since the beginning of the year so far, 3,221 people have contracted the disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Until the fifteenth of last February, there was 1,289.
In Minas, someone he died A complication of the disease. He is a resident of Espinoza in the northern region. According to the Department of Health (SES-MG) on Thursday (10), there are six more deaths under investigation.
Regarding chikungunya fever, which is transmitted by the same vector, the volume indicates 518 possible cases, of which 54 have been confirmed. One person has already contracted the Zika virus, which has 13 probable cases, with three confirmed. To date, there are no deaths associated with these two diseases.
To combat diseases, the procedures are the same and consist mainly of eliminating mosquito breeding sites, especially where rainwater is kept, such as drains, gutters, plant pots and tires.
Given that the life cycle of Aedes takes an average of seven days, cleaning should be done at least twice a week.