Overview
- During a visit, Indigenous Peoples Minister Eloy Terena called the Dourados outbreak critical as the city remains under an emergency recognized by Brasília.
- The federal government released about R$3.1 million for relief, urban cleanup, waste removal, and disease surveillance to speed local response.
- Agents from the Força Nacional do SUS joined the effort, with the Health Ministry adding 50 temporary vector-control workers and 40 Defense Ministry troops.
- Mato Grosso do Sul reported 1,764 confirmed cases and 1,893 under analysis, with Dourados holding 759 probable cases and seven deaths statewide, five in the local indigenous reserve including two infants.
- Health teams report a very dynamic situation with daily shifts across the Bororó and Jaguapiru villages, and they urge better trash collection to curb Aedes aegypti breeding.