The Department of Health and Welfare advises the public of the potential risk of gastrointestinal infections during rainy periods and after a cyclone.
The department advises the public to take the following precautions:
- Boil water before consumption
- Wash your hands frequently with soap and water
- Eat freshly cooked meals
- Protect your food from insect contamination by covering it
- Do not eat fruit that has fallen on the ground
After the passage of a cyclone, the public is also advised to maintain the following precautions:
- Do not venture near areas at risk (rivers, beaches, streams)
- Do not handle in any way the electric cables on the ground
- As soon as the weather permits, make sure to evacuate water accumulated on the roofs of houses
- Properly cover water tanks so that insects do not have access to them
- Get rid of anything that can hold water (used tires, cans, household waste).
- cans, household waste)
- Collect leaves and other debris and place them in a covered garbage can
- Whenever possible, sleep under the protection of a mosquito net
- Use mosquito coils or sprays according to the instructions on the packaging.
