On December 30, the Argentine Ministry of Health recommended that people take necessary measures to prevent a dengue fever outbreak.
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| Rapidly reproducing mosquitoes can cause dengue fever outbreaks. (Illustration: BNN Breaking) |
Dengue fever has been on the rise in Argentina amid rising temperatures and humidity in recent days as summer in the Southern Hemisphere enters its peak.
In a statement, the Argentine Ministry of Health stressed that heavy rains and high temperatures in recent weeks have caused mosquitoes to breed rapidly. In the capital Buenos Aires and many provinces in central Argentina, mosquitoes have appeared densely.
Authorities call on people to raise awareness of self-protection and keep the environment clean to limit mosquito breeding.
The Ministry of Health warns of the risk of a dengue outbreak caused by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus from neighboring countries and endemic areas to Argentina, especially during the 2024 New Year holidays, when people travel a lot.
2023 was the year of the strongest dengue outbreak in Argentina's history with nearly 135,700 cases, including 68 deaths, as of mid-December.
This is also the first year that the country has recorded dengue cases in all 12 months, including the winter months. Authorities are currently working closely to control the epidemic, with more than 500 cases detected each week in the past four weeks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the incidence of dengue fever has increased significantly globally over the past two decades, especially in areas where the dengue virus was previously absent.
Experts say that the El Nino phenomenon and climate change with global warming are among the causes of dengue fever spreading around the world and consider it a "serious threat" to public health.
In Latin America, about 500 million people are at risk of dengue hemorrhagic fever caused by the dengue virus.
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