Via El Universal: Campaña antidengue, en la Huasteca. [Anti-dengue campaign in the Huasteca region] Excerpt, with my translation:
PACHUCA. Con 130 casos de dengue y dos fallecimientos, la Secretaría de Salud del estado de Hidalgo activó focos rojos en la Huasteca como parte de una campaña para contener el crecimiento de la enfermedad, debido a que esa región está próxima a celebrar las festividades de Día de Muertos, tradición que podría detonar el padecimiento por la costumbre de llevar flores a los panteones.
Pachuca. With 130 dengue cases and 2 deaths, the Hidalgo State Secretariat of Health has focused on the Huasteca as part of a campaign to contain the disease. The region is about to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a tradition that could ignite the disease through the custom of taking flowers to the cemeteries.
Ana María Tavares Hernández, subsecretaria de Salud, dio a conocer que se reunió con los siete presidentes municipales que conforman la Huasteca para plantear las estrategias a seguir durante la festividad de El Xantolo, también conocido como el Día de Todos los Santos, a fin de prevenir el esparcimiento de la enfermedad.
Ana María Tacares Hernández, subsecretary of Health, made it known that she has met with the seven municipal presidents in the Huasteca to plan strategies during the Festival of El Xantolo, also known as All Saints' Day, to prevent the spread of the disease.I well remember the Day of the Dead in Mexico: On November 1, families go to the cemeteries to tidy their relatives' graves and have a picnic. Everyone has a lot of fun. (Bakeries provide sugar skulls at this time of year, with kids' names written in frosting on the forehead.) Of course they bring flowers, often placed in little vases by the tombstones. These provide ideal breeding sites for mosquitoes.
