The new is growing more and more outbreak of fever Dengue flared up a Fanoin the Marche region, with infections confirmed from September to today, 1 October 2024, reaching 102 cases. To this number it should be added that another 10 patients are waiting to receive feedback from the tests performed, with experts believing that there is also a high percentage of submerged. The high levels of contagion have pushed the Marche region to provide for the sale of the prevention kit at a controlled price in local pharmacies.
Dengue in the Marche, the Region’s safety plan
The Dengue outbreak burst out at Fano prompted local authorities to start a health safety plan for citizens. In pharmacies they are available kit with 10 larvicides, a repellent spray and a disinfectant pen at the regulated price of 15 euros. In total there are 800 kits, with all the information available on the Marche Region website.
“There situation is constantly monitored – says the local authority – and an update meeting is planned with the ministry and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, in which regional and territorial representatives will participate. Furthermore, on Thursday the Regional Operational Group for Health Emergencies (GORES), a technical group made up of experts from various disciplines who also deal with epidemic health events, will meet again, which had already held a first meeting in recent days”.
The Marche Region also recalls that the transmission of the disease occurs only through mosquitoesthis is the reason that has led to a new “disinfestation over the entire urban area of Fano” and at the start of “an intervention for eliminate the larvae“.
The Region also provides a series of good practices that citizens must adopt to limit the risk of contagion: “Thestagnant water of the animals’ vases and bowls, it is also important that the population takes adequate precautions to protect themselves from mosquito bites. It is recommended to wear long sleeves and pants light in color, use the mosquito nets to windows and use effective repellents.”
The underground economy would raise the total numbers
As mentioned, the currently confirmed cases of Dengue outbreak in Fano I am 102but according to several experts the submerged would bring the overall figure to much higher levels. Among these there is Federico Gobbidirector of the department of infectious and tropical diseases of the IRCCS Sacro Cuore Hospital in Negrar (Verona): “Cases with febrile symptoms are often not diagnosed because a specific test is needed, which is why the disease is much more widespread than imagined ”.
Added to this aspect is the fact that, in 80% of cases, Dengue is asymptomatic, but the absence of symptoms in the patient does not prevent its spread. For Roberto Burionivirologist at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, “the situation is out of control”, with infections “at least double”. “We hope for the arrival of cold weather,” added the expert.
Dengue cases in Italy
By further extending the radius of interest from Fano alone to the whole ofItaly it is noted that, according to the latest bulletin of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità of 24 September 2024, in the country there are a total of 500 cases Of Dengue since the beginning of the year, of which 64 were indigenous. Equal to zero the number of victims.
