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Chikungunya Response Widens as Border Outbreak Centers on Salvador Mazza

Authorities are escalating vector control in response to concentrated transmission on the border.

Overview

  • Salta reports a little over 150 provincial cases with 96 in Salvador Mazza, where officials note high viral circulation near Bolivia.
  • Jujuy confirms six infections—four in Aguas Calientes and one each in Caimancito and Perico—with patients stable, isolated and under follow‑up.
  • Jujuy health teams intensify surveillance, active case finding, fumigation and descacharrado, including a new cleanup schedule this week in San Salvador neighborhoods.
  • Salvador Mazza launches a large sanitation push with more than 15 trucks, Army support for mass descacharrado, fines for tire shops and vacant‑lot owners, and planned coordination with Tarija, Bolivia.
  • Catamarca confirms three chikungunya cases in the eastern area of the capital and reports one probable case under study in Valle Viejo, alongside reinforced prevention guidance.