PRO/ESP> Dengue – Peru: (LAM) poisoning of schoolchildren with insecticides during the fumigation campaign

DENGUE – PERU: (LAM) INTOXICATION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH INSECTICIDES

DURING THE FUMIGATION CAMPAIGN


A statement from ProMED-mail

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Date: May 20, 2023

Source: RPP, Peru

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[Edited by Jaime Torres and Jorge González]

Jorge Luis Pérez Flores, regional governor of Lambayeque, said

That several students of the Peruvian Spanish Educational Institution

They had respiratory problems when inhaling accidentally

Chemical components during a fumigation campaign for the

Eradication of the dengue transmitting mosquito.

The Regional Health Management (Geresa) of Lambayeque, as part of its

Health strategy for the eradication of the transmitter of the

Dengue, fumigated during Thursday morning different homes and

Streets of the city of Chiclayo.

This action, however, caused several schoolchildren of the

Spanish Peruvian Educational Institution present problems

Respiratory when inhaling the chemical components that leaked

From the outside to the classrooms.

Staff of the educational center indicated that, although they are not in

Against the fumigation, this had to be informed by Geresa in order to

To take the necessary measures to safeguard the health of the

Students, who had to be evacuated to the Almanzor Hospital

Aguinaga.

“The actions were immediate. The children, the young people were

Transferred to the hospital for the corresponding evaluation, there was no

More than the annoyance of the smell that is strong,” the authority said.

From Lambayeque.

Communicated by: Jaime R. Towers

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