Red Sea governor intensifies anti-Dengue mosquito measures

CAIRO – 11 October 2017: Red Sea governorate steps up preventive measures to curb the spread of mosquito-borne dengue virus in cities of Al-Quseir, Safaga and Hurghada.

The governor of the Red Sea, Gen. Ahmed Abdallah briefed to the concerned water and sanitation companies to constantly clean water reservoirs and water-holding containers; giving strict directives to the hospitals to raise of its staff’s awareness on how to deal with any potential infected cases.

In light of that, Hurgada’s directorate of education also ordered the cover up of water tanks in all schools in order to protect students’ health, and stressed the need to discard all water pools in private schools to reduce the breeding grounds of the said mosquito.

Minister of Health Ahmed Emad stressed on October 2 that Dengue fever is not deadly or contagious, after the outbreak of Dengue fever in the Red Sea governorate.

Aedes aegypti mosquito is a main vector that transmits viruses causing dengue, according to the report released by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The viruses are passed on to humans through the bites of an infective female Aedes mosquito, which mainly acquires the virus while feeding on the blood of an infected person.

The symptoms of the disease include sudden high fever, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, severe joint and muscle pain, as well as a skin rash.