Dengue is circulating at a low level, but prevention measures must continue

Over the period concerned, the cases are distributed in 9 municipalities: Saint-Paul, Saint-Leu, La Possession, Le Port, Saint-Denis, Sainte-Suzanne, Sainte-Marie, Saint-Pierre and Petite Ile.

Recommendations to protect yourself from mosquito bites and dengue fever

The preventive measures to be put in place are as follows:

• Eliminate and empty stagnant water that can be breeding grounds for mosquitoes: cups, small containers, gutters, tires, plants, etc.

• Protect yourself, including during the 7 days following the appearance of symptoms to protect those around you (repellent, mosquito net, etc.); and continue to protect yourself, even if you have already been sick with dengue fever before

• Consult a doctor at the first symptoms (fever, headache, muscle/joint pain, nausea, vomiting, etc.) and take the sample in the medical analysis laboratory prescribed by your doctor to confirm the diagnosis of dengue

• If you are sick with dengue fever:

• continue to protect yourself once morest mosquito bites to avoid transmitting the disease to those around you and monitor your state of health,

• consult your doctor or, in his absence, an emergency service in the event of a deterioration in your state of health.