DEADLY dengue fever – also known as ‘breakbone fever’ – can cause severe muscles and joint pain to those infected. The jungle bug usually proliferates in warn, tropical clim…
, "2023 is showing intense dengue transmission" already, noting an "expansion outside of historical areas of transmission, where all the population, including risk groups and healthcare workers, may not be aware of clinical manifestations of the disease".
It warned that 342,243 of the mosquito-borne virus had been reported in South America between January 1 and March 4 this year, resulting in 86 people dying. By comparison, 2.8 million dengue cases reported in the region in 2022, more than double the 1.2 million cases seen in 2021.said that as of March 9, 380,171 cases and 113 deaths from dengue fever had been reported globally.
Brazil has seen the majority of cases so far , followed by Bolivia , Peru , Colombia and Nicaragua .No cases originating in Europe have been found so far this year, according to agency, though it referred to the six cases reported in Spain in 2022 which health authorities identified as dengue this year.
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