Health Ministry reports 5,056 dengue cases

The Ministry of Health (Minsa), reported  5,056 accumulated cases of dengue for epidemiological week No. 33 (August 13 to 19).

The regions with the most positive cases are: Bocas del Toro with 1,413 cases; Colon (1,226); Panama metro (719); North Panama (411); West Panama (423) and San Miguelito (240).

According to the report, so far in 2023, there has been one death from dengue, registered in the province of Chiriquí.

The health authorities have reiterated the call to the population to keep homes and the work environment clean; check the meshes of the doors, windows, and look under the sinks, since these are places that may have breeding sites for the Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that transmits this disease.

The World Health Organization also recommends as a general precautionary measure the use of repellent to avoid the bite of the mosquito that transmits the disease, after remembering that the greatest risk is during the day and at the beginning of the night.