Peru: 2024 Dengue

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Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/peru-declares-health-emergency-amid-rising-dengue-outbreak/7504067.html


Peru Declares Health Emergency Amid Rising Dengue Outbreak
February 27, 2024 2:39 AM
By VOA News

Peru has declared a health emergency due to the rapidly rising cases of dengue fever across the South American country.

Health Minister Cesar Vasquez said Monday that more than 31,000 cases of dengue have been recorded in the first eight weeks of 2024, including 32 deaths.

Vasquez said the emergency will cover 20 of Peru’s 25 regions.​..

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Source: https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Perus+dengue+deaths+triple+as+climate+change+swell s+mosquito+population/23058541.html

Peru's dengue deaths triple as climate change swells mosquito population
April 11, 2024 9:04 PM EDT​

LIMA (Reuters) - Deaths caused by the mosquito-borne dengue disease have more than tripled in Peru so far this year, according to data from the South American nation's government, which is redoubling efforts to contain an epidemic that has hit poor areas the hardest.

The government of President Dina Boluarte this week said it had approved an "emergency decree" allowing extraordinary economic measures to bolster the plan to counter the outbreak, which experts say is exacerbated by climate change.

Mild symptoms include nausea, rashes and body pains, while a rarer severe form, more threatening for infants and pregnant women, can cause internal bleeding and is potentially fatal.

Peru's health ministry said that as of Thursday, there were 117 registered deaths from dengue so far this year compared with 33 in the same period of 2023. Suspected cases have also more than tripled to reach some 135,000.

Health officials over recent days have carried out fumigations in poor neighborhoods across Lima, the capital, including in cemeteries where mosquitoes have been found to breed in the water that gathers in vases honoring the deceased.​..