Emergency measures taken as 364,855 cases of mosquito-borne infection reported this year, a fourfold increase on year before

Emergency measures taken as 364,855 cases of mosquito-borne infection reported this year, a fourfold increase on year before

Dengue fever has surged in Brazil’s hot rainy season, forcing health authorities to take emergency measures and start mass vaccination against the mosquito-borne illness.

In the first five weeks of this year, 364,855 cases of infection have been reported, the health ministry said, four times more than dengue cases in the same period of 2023.

The rapid spread of dengue has caused 40 confirmed deaths, the ministry said, and a further 265 are being investigated.

    • Logi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      And it gets worse with each reinfection. IIRC by round 3 or 4 it’s often lethal. I hope you’re staying well out of where you might encounter dengue again?

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
        31·
        9 months ago

        This was back in the 80’s when my mother was doing her work in the Caribbean (PR and the US Virgin Islands).