Two weeks after the confirmed case of West Nile identified in Ottana , a suspected case has been added in the municipality of Siniscola. A grey crow was killed as part of the surveillance plan on sedentary birds belonging to the target species, carried out in collaboration with the Province of Nuoro - Environment and Territory Management Sector. The episode occurred in the Overì area .
Before being able to give it as a confirmed case, the Prevention Department of the ASL of Nuoro - which coordinates the monitoring and surveillance operations - is waiting for confirmation from the National Reference Center for the study and assessment of exotic animal diseases (CESME) of Teramo .
The Animal Health Complex Structure, directed by Dr. Giovanni Maria Zidda, immediately put forward a proposal for an Ordinance for Siniscola and the surrounding municipalities, in order to implement a series of preventive actions to avoid the spread of the virus and the onset of human cases . These include frequently emptying saucers, avoiding stagnant water in tires, basins and the like, frequently changing the water in animal bowls, treating manholes and rainwater drainage wells with larvicides every fifteen days or so, checking that gutters are clean and not obstructed, keeping children's pools empty and covered when not in use, covering tanks and containers where rainwater is collected with airtight lids, sheets or mosquito nets, eliminating any shelters from buildings and homes where infected birds can nest, screening doors and windows with mosquito nets, wearing protective clothing and using insect repellents.
The Complex Animal Health Structure of the ASL of Nuoro, in addition, renews the invitation to citizens to report any bird found dead or dying - given that the West Nile Disease virus (also known as West Nile Fever, in over 80% of cases it is asymptomatic in humans) is transmitted by mosquitoes and wild birds - by calling the number 0784 240237.
(Unioneonline / r. sp.)