Fight the Zika Virus in Rio

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Fight the Zika Virus in Rio

Great use for a small mosquito: the Zika Virus transmitted Gelbfiebermücke Aedes aegypti to fight, come solely in the state of Rio de Janeiro, more than 70,000 soldiers to use.

First the soldiers at the 13. February to residents of the Olympic city information material for protection against the mosquitoes distribute it. According to information from the Ministry of defence in the day of action after carnival 220. 000 soldiers nationwide will be in use.

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The aim is that around three million people in 356 cities and towns. In a second stage should then provide an additional 50,000 military personnel, accompanied by representatives of the health authorities, in particularly affected regions of homes disinfected. With insecticides should mosquitoes and their Eiablageplätze be destroyed. In addition, thousands of schools about the dangers of the Moskitoart cleared up, which has now grown to 81% of the land area of Brazil is active and also the dangerous Dengue fever transfers.

Schädelfehlbildungen in children accumulate

The Zika Virus is suspected, Schädelfehlbildungen in children trigger, when Pregnant women infect. A definitive proof that the causative agent for the so-called Mikrozephalie is responsible, for the babies with small heads coming on the world, there are not yet. The Virus, in 1947 in the Zika forest in Uganda had been discovered, and therefore bears his name, has in a few months, in large Parts of Latin America spread. There’s an Asian and an African variant – in Latin American, the Asian guy, probably from travelers to Brazil, was introduced.

In the South American country is from October to February, the number of proven Mikrozephalie cases to 404 have increased in 17 of the cases could be proven that pregnant women previously with the Zika Virus. 2014 have only been 147 confirmed Mikrozephalie cases registered.

The fear of the Zika Virus is a big, big but also the desire, carnival, celebrate

Overshadowed by Zika is on this Friday with the Stadtschlüssel-handed over to king Momo and carnival Queen for the official start of the carnival in Rio. Despite the Zika epidemic, the city awaits a Million tourists, the Hotels are as in the previous year to 85 per cent booked. In the Sambádromo, where the parade of the big Samba schools takes place, have been chemicals sprayed to the Moskitogefahr as effectively as possible to check.

haz/ww (rtr, dpa, afp)