Dengue case in Terni, disinfestation begins: stop vehicles and pedestrians in the affected areas

Dengue case in Terni. A fifty-year-old resident in the municipality of Terni and hospitalized in Santa Maria hospital, returning from a trip to Brazil, found viral fever transmitted by the tiger mosquito. On Tuesday evening, from approximately 11pm to 5am the following day, a mosquito disinfestation with a nebulizer will be carried out in Strada San Martino, Via Aurelio Saffi and surrounding areas (radius 200 metres). The municipal ordinance has been signed which also provides for a disinfestation against mosquito larvae from 6 am on April 17th in the same areas that concern disinfestation.

Dengue Ordinance: streets affected by the ordinance

Stop traffic in the affected areas In conjunction with the adulticidal treatments, pedestrian transit will be prevented and the circulation of all vehicles will be suspended – we read in the ordinance – in the streets listed on 16 April 2024 from 10 pm to 6 am on 17 April 2024, except those involved in disinfestation treatments, the police and emergency vehicles”.

Dengue: disinfestation in Terni The intervention was requested by Local Health Authority 2 as a prevention measure. For the entire disinfestation, which lasts approximately 2 hours, and in the following 2 hours: «Clothes and linen must not be left to dry outside the homes – informs the Municipality of Terni -; doors and windows of apartments/rooms must be kept closed for the entire time of the treatment and for at least 30 minutes from the end of the operations; the use of air exchange systems must be suspended; domestic and farmyard animals must be kept within their shelters or in any case removed and placed in shelter; water and food intended for the animals must be removed or protected; swimming pools must be covered or emptied; in the presence of apiaries in the area to be treated or in the areas adjacent to it within a buffer zone of at least 300 m, the beekeeper must be notified well in advance, so that he can take steps to preserve them in the manner he deems most appropriate ; it will be necessary to protect ornamental tanks where fish are present, or to temporarily empty them and shelter the fish; in the event that gardens with furniture and furnishings and/or play areas can also be sprayed, it is necessary to cover the structures, games and furnishings present outside with sheets, or wash them carefully after the interventions before making them usable again; it will be necessary to protect crops and vegetables by covering them adequately and washing them carefully before consumption; Access to private courtyards must be allowed to all personnel involved in disinfestation operations, i.e.: Municipality officials, operators of the disinfestation company, officials of the Prevention Department of USL 2, Hygiene and Public Health Service – Control Service Pest organisms and Civil Protection operators, equipped with an identification card”.

Local health authority Umbria 2 «Today, 16 April 2024 at 3 pm, a notification was received from the Terni Hospital for a case of dengue fever in a fifty-year-old lady resident in the municipality of Terni and hospitalized at Santa Maria – writes the Umbria 2 Local Health Authority in a Note -. Following the directives of the National Plan for prevention, surveillance and response to Arbovirosis (PNA) 2020-2025, an extraordinary anti-mosquito disinfestation of the area was proposed to the Mayor of the Municipality of Terni with the aim of preventing potential secondary infections carried by Aedes albopictus (so-called tiger mosquito), vector responsible for the transmission of this virus. Dengue, in fact, is caused by four very similar viruses (Den-1, Den-2, Den-3 and Den-4) and is transmitted to humans by the bites of these mosquitoes which, in turn, bite an infected person . There is therefore no direct contagion between humans, even if humans are the main host of the virus. The virus circulates in the blood of the infected person for 2-7 days, and in this period the mosquito can pick it up and transmit it to others.”