It continues fishing Ozama River despite ban by cholera

Although in less proportion before, fishing and sale of fish caught in the waters of the Ozama River is still a common practice, despite the fact that still existing provision of the Ministry of public health which prohibits, as a measure of prevention of cholera.

Yesterday, some fishermen used small boats to fish, and in the vicinity of the bridge, in Villa Duarte, exhibited fish for sale that were captured in this area.

Military surveillance, which remained standing last year, there was no yesterday, and although the number of fishermen who met in the zone has reduced considerably after the disposal, yet some continue with that practice.

in this regard, the Ministry of public health said that the prohibition of fishing and bathroom available maintains existing in that and other rivers in the country, but that the preventive emphasis that is being done is the educate to the u000apeople to avoid take that kind of water to the mouth or the dopants.

said that surveillance is maintained in all rivers, streams and tributaries of water in the country, and that currently being analyzed in laboratory water from the rivers La Cuaba and Matalarga, of San Francisco de Macorís, to determine possible contamination with bacteria that causes the disease that is manifesta by acute diarrhoea. "We suspect wherever water polluted, hence we are intervening", said.

TOMAN up to 300 samples daily
happy Roa, director of environmental health, stressed every day taken between 250 and 300 daily samples of water distribution systems in the country to determine the potability of the liquid and determination of chlorine. He said that an advantage is that the country people tend to eat well cooked food, so the greater emphasis on the prevention of the u000acholera is done in social participation and maintain good hygiene habits.

"With the fishermen have been working at the end of guidance to keep to avoid contact with contaminated water and keep the measures of hygiene", pointed out.

Highlighted the case of rural aqueducts where chlorine dispensers were installed in 118 of them. He said that such action is continuing because the idea is to ensure that formal and informal systems are chlorinated.

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