Mexico: 2019 Dengue

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Source: https://www.vallartadaily.com/mexico-sees-a-400-increase-of-dengue-this-year/

June 4, 2019
?Vallarta Daily News
Mexico sees a 400% increase of Dengue this year

The federal government of Mexico has not purchased insecticides to battle the mosquito that causes dengue, and deaths from the disease have increased by 250% this year alone.

During the first five months of 2019, 42 people have died due to dengue, when in 2018 there were 12 deaths due to this disease.

21,776 cases of dengue have been recorded so far, four times more than the previous year, when there were 5,711 confirmed cases in the first five months of 2018.

More than 8 thousand cases this year are listed as ?dengue with warning signs? and ?severe dengue?, this is twice the number of alarming or serious cases accumulated in 2018, according to the weekly epidemiological reports from the federal Ministry of Health.

Despite this, the federal authorities have not purchased any of the insecticides required for fumigation and control of this disease, transmitted by mosquito bites...

 

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Source: https://www.vallartadaily.com/dengue-in-jalisco-increases-over-250-without-federal-suppport/

June 6, 2019
?Vallarta Daily News
?Jalisco
Dengue in Jalisco increases over 250% without federal suppport

The Ministry of Health of the state of Jalisco confirmed that, more than five months after the beginning of 2019, the federal authorities have not acquired or distributed the necessary insecticides to prevent epidemic outbreaks of dengue.

Juan Salvador Garc?a Hern?ndez, the coordinator of the state program to combat dengue in Jalisco, explained that this year the entity recorded a 256% increase in the incidence of dengue; despite this, the federal government has not sent them supplies to carry out preventive fumigations and, he added, has not officially informed them when they will be delivered, or if they will be delivered at all...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

DENGUE DEATHS IN MEXICO HAVE INCREASED 250% SO FAR THIS 2019

Windbreaker TV
September 13, 2019
1:10 pm
News , National , Information notes
E n Mexico dengue deaths have increased 250% so far this 2019, which is alarming.

So far the most affected states are Chiapas, Jalisco, Tabasco, Quintana Roo and Veracruz.

In the last five months of 2019, cases of deaths caused by dengue have increased 250% compared to last year, however, the Mexican government has not acquired the necessary pesticides to fumigate the mosquitoes that transmit the disease, and thus be able to control it.

According to an investigation conducted by Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI), and the National Center for Preventive Programs and Disease Control that depends on the Ministry of Health, no money has been allocated for the acquisition of the necessary chemical substances , to attack epidemiological problems and prevent them from becoming a serious problem, despite having an available budget of 192 million 371 thousand pesos, to attack these problems and thus avoid becoming a serious problem.

However, it seems that the authorities have ignored the problem, despite statistics regarding the considerable increase in deaths caused by dengue this year.

This 2019 the obtaining of insecticides has been delayed. It is already the sixth month of the year and there are no records of movements in the Ministry of Finance to authorize the purchase of material that is extremely necessary to save lives.
https://www.rompeviento.tv/las-muer...-han-aumentado-250-en-lo-que-va-de-este-2019/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Dengue cases increased in Mexico compared to 2018: 43 dead
From January to September 2018 there were barely 31 deaths for that cause
October 2, 2019

The mosquito that carries the dengue virus has caused 43 deaths in Mexico, so far this year, according to a report from the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Ssa).

According to the figures, 71 people perished last year, due to the causes caused by the animal's bite.

From January to September but 2018 there were only 31 deaths for that cause, but to date they already add 43.

The Ssa report revealed that at epidemiological week 38, updated as of September 23, 2019, there were 18 thousand 320 confirmed dengue cases , when in that same period but last year it reported five thousand 110 cases.
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https://www.infobae.com/america/mex...ron-en-mexico-respecto-a-2018-van-43-muertos/

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://sputniknews.com/latam/20191...s-fourfold-increase-in-2019--health-ministry/


Number of Dengue Fever Cases in Mexico Sees Fourfold Increase in 2019 – Health Ministry
CC0
06:48 05.10.2019


MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The number of confirmed dengue fever cases, where people contracted the disease or died from it, in Mexico has seen a fourfold surge to 15,084 over the past year, the epidemiological service of the country’s Health Ministry said in a report.

Last year, 3,494 cases were registered, according to the report, issued on Friday.

Notably, around half of the confirmed cases have been registered in the states of Veracruz and Jalisco.

However, the number of unconfirmed dengue fever cases this year is 129,500, as of October, compared to 39,900 cases last year.

Media have reported that local authorities have not been eager to declare emergency over the situation...

 

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Source: https://www.vallartadaily.com/1500-probable-cases-of-dengue-in-puerto-vallarta/

1,500 probable cases of dengue in Puerto Vallarta
October 11, 2019
•Vallarta Daily News

At a press conference the head of the eighth health region, Jaime ?lvarez Zayas, confirmed that Pitillal, Las Juntas and Ixtapa are the sites with the most confirmed cases.

The problem of dengue has reached the level of epidemiological crisis worldwide and in Jalisco, there are more than 5,000 registered cases, so the threat is latent and it is expected that there will be an increase in infected during the month of November.

According to the figures in the region, there are 276 confirmed cases, 174 of which are from Puerto Vallarta although the number of people who may have dengue could be 1,500 when accounting for unconfirmed cases.

Jalisco is the second state with more confirmed cases with 5,050, only behind Veracruz, however, the number of deaths in the state has already reached 13 and could be more than 50, due to the deaths that are still under investigation.

Although there are only 40 brigade members in the city, 75 more will arrive from the metropolitan area to begin fumigation, ?lvarez Zayas said...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://timesofoman.com/article/2075596/World/America/Mexican-president-downplays-alarm-over-dengue

Mexican president downplays alarm over dengue
October 16, 2019 | 12:16 PM
by Xinhua

Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday denied an increase in the number of dengue cases around the country was the cause for alarm.

"It is nothing out of the ordinary, dengue is not something that cannot be controlled," Lopez Obrador said a day after a report showed a sharp rise in Mexico's number of such cases.

"To be clear, this is not an alarming situation," he stressed.

On Monday, Mexico's Ministry of Health reported nearly 22,992 cases of dengue fever in the first nine months of this year, including 72 deaths...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/10/mexico-has-seen-a-dramatic-increase-in-dengue-this-year/


Mexico has seen a dramatic increase in dengue this year
By Yucatan Times on October 25, 2019

The federal Ministry of Health established that the increase in the number of dengue cases in Yucat?n, compared to last year, already has exceeded one thousand percent.

According to the “Epidemiological Dengue Outlook” (Panorama Epidemiol?gico de Dengue), so far this year, 26,697 confirmed cases of dengue have been registered in the country, which represents an increase of 237.5 percent over the same period last year, when the figure was 7,911 patients infected.

So far, the States with the highest number of cases are:

Veracruz: 7,222 cases (27.1 percent)
Jalisco: 6,962 cases (26.1 percent)

Mexico City and Tlaxcala are the only two states with zero cases of dengue in the country, since Baja California already registered 2 cases this year.

The National Center for Preventive Programs and Disease Control (Cenaprece), explained that in the case of Yucat?n, there are already 226 cases confirmed, which means an increase of over one thousand percent in comparison with the total cases confirmed during 2018.

In Quintana Roo there is a health emergency due to dengue, the state occupies the fifth national place, with 1,164 people infected, 4.4 percent of the national total.

While Yucatan is 15th place nationally, for the second consecutive week, with 0.85 percent of the national total, and Campeche, on place 20th, with 60 cases, 0.22 percent.

It is worth mentioning that absolutely no cases of Chikungunya or Zika have been registered in the Yucatan Peninsula so far this year...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.vallartadaily.com/jalisco-ends-2019-with-the-most-cases-of-dengue-in-mexico/

January 8, 2020
•Vallarta Daily News
Jalisco ends 2019 with the most cases of Dengue in Mexico

Jalisco finished 2019 in first place nationally for confirmed cases of dengue, with 11,727, in addition, and the state also ended the year with the largest number of deaths from Dengue with 49, reported by the Federal Ministry of Health.

The number of cases exceeded the figure of 2018 by 442%, which reached 2,651 confirmations of the disease throughout the year. And the 49 deaths represent an 820% increase over 2018, when only six were reported...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.plenglish.com/index.php...er-caused-26-deaths-in-morelos-mexico-in-2019

Dengue fever caused 26 deaths in Morelos, Mexico, in 2019

Mexico, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Dengue fever caused the death of 26 people last year in the Mexican state of Morelos, the Director General of the state's Health Services, Hector Barona, confirmed Friday.

'In week 52, which was the last week of 2019, we had 1,420 confirmed cases of dengue: 393 non-serious cases, 953 with warning signs, 74 with severe dengue, and 26 deaths from this problem,' the official said.

He described 2019 an 'atypical year' because of the number of deaths, since far fewer people died from this disease in previous years.

'The dengue virus,' he warned, 'may have suffered a mutation, so that the insecticides themselves sometimes did not kill the mosquitos because of the mutation suffered, they became stronger, and perhaps a more potent product is needed.'..