February 8, 2023, 22:46 PM
February 8, 2023, 22:46 PM
Representatives of the National, Departmental and Municipal Government met to face a massive campaign against dengue in Santa Cruz. It is a minga that will take place this Sunday and will have the support of police officers, military, as well as municipal officials.
On behalf of the National Government, the Minister of Health, Jeyson Auza, the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, and the Minister of Defense, Edmundo Novillo, were present. On behalf of the Government was the director of the Departmental Health Service (Sedes), Julio Koca. The municipality was represented by Mayor Jhonny Fernández, together with his cabinet and deputy mayors of the city.
“This work of the minga is a demand from the people so that we work in coordination“, indicated Koca. He highlighted the union shown in the meeting since”We’re not going to get anywhere if we don’t work together.”
Moreover, the departmental authority requested that this activity also be replicated in the provinces, where positive cases of dengue have also been reported.
The Minister of Health highlighted the need for all citizens “participate in this preventive campaign, because he The objective is to prevent the population from continuing to get sick.”.
For this activity, it is expected to have mMore than 2,000 police officers, who “will even come from other departments to support this initiative,” said Eduardo Del Castillo.
In addition, it was known that they will be 4,500 military personnel and 1,000 officials from the mayor’s office.
On the other hand, the mayor promised to provide means of transport to mobilize all the staff. Likewise, he guaranteed the material for the elimination of the vectors, the medical equipment and auxiliaries.
“We ask the neighbors that all containers, bottles, filled with water must be removed. They have to participate this Sunday“, asserted the burgomaster.
This same day, from the Headquarters, they reported that Santa Cruz has confirmed 3,173 cases of dengue. Most of them are concentrated in the city of Santa Cruz, so cleaning, fumigation and elimination of mosquito breeding sites is important.
