Brimful clinics, cemeteries as dengue ravages Peru
A dengue fever patient walks amid patients resting under mosquito nets at the Support Hospital II in Sullana, Piura department, northern Peru, on June 9. – AFP pic, June 17, 2023.
TWO months after cyclonic downpours flooded the town of Catacaos in northern Peru, dozens of inhabitants lie sick and dying of dengue, a disease carried by mosquitos attracted by stagnant water. Near the border with Ecuador, Peru’s Piura region is battling a new health crisis even as the South American country is still recovering from the world’s highest reported Covid-19 death rate.
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