452 personas han sido contagiadas con el virus del Zika en el departamento

This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. On Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, U.S. health officials are telling pregnant women to avoid travel to Latin America and Caribbean countries with outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects. The Zika virus is spread through mosquito bites from Aedes aegypti and causes only a mild illness in most people. But theres been mounting evidence linking the virus to a surge of a rare birth defect in Brazil. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
Los municipios que concentran la mayor cantidad de casos son Arauca y Saravena en donde menores de 18 años han sido los más afectados.
Según Andrés Cuervo, líder del programa de enfermedades transmitidas por vectores el mejor mecanismo para la prevención es el lavado de tanques.