Mesquita – The Cruzeiro do Sul neighborhood was chosen to start the new neighborhood Combat plan To the mosquito Aedes aegypti In the mosque. Mosquitoes are the vector of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever in urban areas.

The plan consists of a new method to classify and track neighborhoods with the highest rates of habitats suitable for mosquitoes to spread. So, agents go from house to house, collecting information and analyzing potential outbreaks, classifying locations between red, orange, yellow and green, with red having the greatest mosquito breeding potential and green having the least.

“Normally we focus on mosquitoes, but that is a result of what we leave in the environment, such as an open water tank, or a plant with water, among other errors. So, let’s change the focus of mosquitoes to these sediments and these conditions,” he explained. Elton GarciaA guard against endemic diseases.

The Mesquita Environmental Monitoring Team confirms that the plan requires the cooperation of the city’s residents, and to join environmental monitoring agents in the fight against Aedes aegypti.

The measures began in the Cruzeiro do Sul neighborhood, but will be implemented throughout the municipality.