Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mosquito season is here, and so is an increase in Dengue and Zika

From March to July of this year, cases of dengue grew almost 400%, going from 6 to 29, while in Zika nearly doubled, going from 14 to 27.

The above statistics are according to information provided by the head of the Eighth Health Region of the Jalisco Health Secretariat based in Puerto Vallarta, Germán Acevedo Enríquez. Despite the fact that the figures are lower compared to previous years, the department called for citizenship not to lower their guard and keep their homes free of spaces conducive to the generation of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the transmitter of these . . .

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