Currently, the New World Screwworm (NWS) remains in the eradication stage with incidences of positive cases in all the provinces of Panama except for the Guna Yala Region. By October 12, Panama has a total of 19,701 positive cases, while at the regional level there is presence of NWS in Costa Rica with a total of 7,381 cases since the declaration of the outbreak, in Nicaragua there have been 4,034 cases and in Honduras 19 cases raids from Nicaragua to date.

The emergency response is based on three fundamental pillars:

• Increase production of sterile pupae from 20 million to 97,679,963 million per week.
• Increased area and ground dispersal, with a total of 18 weekly flights and 120 ground release chambers in Nicaragua averaging a dispersal of more than 56,155,120 million sterile flies. 9 vuelos semanales, 148 cámaras de liberación terrestre en Nicaragua y 54 posicionadas en Honduras que promedian una dispersión de más de 36,531,110 millones de moscas estériles.
• Surveillance in field that includes visits to farms, increase in animal mobilization control posts (CMA) and increase in health education through trainings in communities, schools and farmers promoting appropriate sanitary practices.

Considering the previous points, to have better control of the worms and for the eradication measures to be effective, the active participation of producers and the population is important, promoting good livestock practices such as: inspecting, checking animals, healing the injuries, transport only healthy animals and immediately report cases of worms.

Let’s remember that NWS affects all warm-blooded animals, including humans, and a WhatsApp line 6670-6124, a call line 800-2673 and the social networks @copegamerica have been enabled to report cases. 6670-6124, una línea de llamadas 800-2673 y las redes sociales @copegamerica.