The first of three disinfestation interventions planned following a confirmed case of Dengue in the city of Modena will take place during the night between Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st August.
This is a person with symptoms who returned from a trip abroad, to Thailand. This viral fever is in fact typical of tropical areas; the virus is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, the so-called tiger mosquito and is of annoying symptomatic development, but generally of non-lethal outcome.
The disinfestation activity, preceded by notices posted in the affected civic numbers and by loudspeaker communications from the local police, was requested by the Public Hygiene Service of the ASL.
The area of intervention includes the civic numbers of via Giuseppe Gibellini from 62 to 104 and from 51 to 155; of via Giotto from 328 to 420 and from 325 to 425; of via Pietro Gardens from 704 to 722 and from 725 to 765; of via Marcello Malpighi numbers 51 and 63.
The 2024 Arbovirosis Surveillance Plan prepared by the Region provides in these cases for the implementation of adulticide and larvicide interventions and the elimination of larval outbreaks within a radius of 300 meters from the place where the cases of contagion occurred.
The plan includes, in particular, three interventions in succession: disinfestation with adulticides for the maximum possible reduction of the mosquito population for three consecutive nights; the removal of outbreaks in private areas, with door-to-door interventions; the repetition of larvicides in public drains.
The ordinance signed by the Mayor provides that pest control workers be granted access to open areas of buildings to carry out treatments, that larval outbreaks present in private courtyard areas be removed and indicates, among the precautionary measures, the closing of windows during the night hours on the nights between 20 and 23 August when treatments will be carried out. Windows and doors must be kept tightly closed at night, therefore, and the operation of air exchange systems must be suspended. Furthermore, pets must be kept indoors and their outdoor shelters and furnishings, such as bowls and waterers, must be protected with plastic sheets. Fruit and vegetables from gardens must also be hermetically protected.
To consume fruit and vegetables sprayed with insecticides, you will need to wait 15 days, they will need to be washed thoroughly and the fruit will need to be peeled. Furniture and children’s toys left outside and exposed to the treatment must be cleaned using washable or disposable gloves. In case of accidental contact with the insecticide product, wash the affected part of the body thoroughly with soap and water.
For information: Local Police Headquarters, tel. 059 20314.