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Dengue cases triple in Costa Rica during 2020
EFE - San Jos?
04/16/2020 - 18: 23h
The data released this Thursday by the Ministry of Health during the first quarter of 2020 accounted for 1,726 cases of dengue, more than triple the 542 cases that were registered in the same period of 2019. EFE
The authorities in Costa Rica expressed their concern on Thursday because dengue cases have tripled so far in 2020 compared to the previous year, and they have asked the population to reinforce measures against this virus.
The data released this Thursday by the Ministry of Health during the first quarter of 2020 accounted for 1,726 cases of dengue, more than triple the 542 cases that were registered in the same period of 2019.
The health authorities expressed their concern about this increase in cases, especially because between April and May the rainy season will begin in Costa Rica, which is the one with the highest number of cases historically.
"We are in a difficult moment where the country is facing COVID-19, but unfortunately the other diseases continue their cycle, that is why we call on the population to help us at home, with the elimination of hatcheries," he declared. in a statement the director of Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Rodrigo Mar?n.
The Ministry of Health indicated that it continues to carry out control and mitigation tasks, but insisted on the need for the population to remove from their homes all objects in which water can stagnate and that favor the reproduction of the mosquito that transmits the disease.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, transmitter of the virus, reproduces in stagnant waters, so the authorities periodically launch preventive campaigns to eliminate hatcheries in homes, as is the case of water accumulated in vases, tires, jars, buckets, canoes, among others.
Last year, Costa Rica accounted for 8,179 cases of dengue, 200% more than the 2,735 registered in 2018.
Since the virus appeared in 1993, 23 people have died from dengue in Costa Rica, the last one in 2013, which was the year with the highest number of patients with almost 50,000.
Dengue cases triple in Costa Rica during 2020
EFE - San Jos?
04/16/2020 - 18: 23h
The data released this Thursday by the Ministry of Health during the first quarter of 2020 accounted for 1,726 cases of dengue, more than triple the 542 cases that were registered in the same period of 2019. EFE
The authorities in Costa Rica expressed their concern on Thursday because dengue cases have tripled so far in 2020 compared to the previous year, and they have asked the population to reinforce measures against this virus.
The data released this Thursday by the Ministry of Health during the first quarter of 2020 accounted for 1,726 cases of dengue, more than triple the 542 cases that were registered in the same period of 2019.
The health authorities expressed their concern about this increase in cases, especially because between April and May the rainy season will begin in Costa Rica, which is the one with the highest number of cases historically.
"We are in a difficult moment where the country is facing COVID-19, but unfortunately the other diseases continue their cycle, that is why we call on the population to help us at home, with the elimination of hatcheries," he declared. in a statement the director of Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Rodrigo Mar?n.
The Ministry of Health indicated that it continues to carry out control and mitigation tasks, but insisted on the need for the population to remove from their homes all objects in which water can stagnate and that favor the reproduction of the mosquito that transmits the disease.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, transmitter of the virus, reproduces in stagnant waters, so the authorities periodically launch preventive campaigns to eliminate hatcheries in homes, as is the case of water accumulated in vases, tires, jars, buckets, canoes, among others.
Last year, Costa Rica accounted for 8,179 cases of dengue, 200% more than the 2,735 registered in 2018.
Since the virus appeared in 1993, 23 people have died from dengue in Costa Rica, the last one in 2013, which was the year with the highest number of patients with almost 50,000.