FRANCE - REUNION ISLAND - MOSQUITOS - DENGUE - CONTROL

Saint-Denis, Reunion Island, France, 2021-05-17. Giovanni Cartin is the person in charge of the Northern sector of the Reunion Island. Each time a test is positive for dengue in the medical analysis laboratory, he receives an e-mail and his team calls the patient back. Faced with the resurgence of dengue cases, the vector control services of the ARS Indian Ocean continue to be on the alert to identify and eradicate epidemic outbreaks. In recent weeks, about 1600 cases are to be investigated each week, much more than usual. In Reunion Island, the concern about this epidemic, which has been going on for 4 years, seems to be more important than in Covid, especially since several people between 30 and 50 years old have died of haemorrhagic forms, a very rare occurrence until now. Photograph by Bastien Doudaine.

Saint-Denis, Ile de la Reunion, France, 2021-05-17. Giovanni Cartin est le responsable du secteur Nord de la Reunion. Chaque fois qu un test est positif a la dengue en laboratoire d analyses medicales, il recoit un mail et son equipe rappelle le patient. Face a la recrudescence du nombre de cas de dengue, les services de lutte antivectorielle de l ARS Ocean Indien continue d etre sur le qui vive pour identifier et d eradiquer les foyers epidemiques. Ces dernieres semaines, environ 1600 cas sont a explorer chaque semaine, beaucoup plus qu habituellement. A la Reunion, l inquietude vis a vis de cette epidemie qui dure depuis 4 ans semble plus importante que le Covid, notamment depuis que plusieurs personnes agees de 30 a 50 ans sont decedees de forme hemorragiques, fait rarissime jusqu a present. Photographie par Bastien Doudaine.