Dengue and other infectious disease response training September 2, 11:49 in front of the Tokyo Olympics and Para
In front of next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics where many people visit Japan, training will be conducted in Tokyo to confirm responses to mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as dengue fever that causes high fever and severe headaches. I was broken.
The training was conducted at Shinjuku Gyoen, assuming that dengue virus was detected from mosquitoes captured in Tokyo, and approximately 160 people from the Ministry of the Environment and Tokyo participated.
During the training, participants confirmed the location of mosquitoes with long sleeves and long pants to prevent them from being bitten by mosquitoes.
The mosquitoes are often found in the grassy places below 2 meters in height and lurking on the front and back of the leaves, so we used a sprayer to carefully spray the insecticide and check the procedure.
Dengue fever borne by mosquitoes has spread in Southeast Asia, with more than 160 people infected, such as those who visited Yoyogi Park in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo five years ago, and more than 600 people died in the Philippines. There is a concern that the spread of infection by entering the country.
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases will strengthen its monitoring system over the next year by examining whether mosquitoes in Shinjuku Gyoen include viruses such as dengue fever and zika fever.
Shinji Kasai, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, says, “There are many local governments that do not have insecticides or sprayers, so I would like to prepare for the next year by verifying that the system and materials are fully prepared.” It was.