Tag: dengue fever

• Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 21:46 UTC

  G20 Summit to push for regional vaccine producing coalition

  

  Brazil's Health Minister Nísia Trinidade Tuesday spoke in favor of creating a regional vaccine production coalition to avoid an encore of the setbacks experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. She made those remarks during a press conference after a G20 Health Ministers' meeting in Rio de Janeiro ahead of next month's Summit, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 19:17 UTC

  Brazil: Over 5,000 deaths from dengue fever reported in 2024

  

  Brazilian authorities issued a bulletin attesting to 5,008 deaths due to dengue fever so far this year, Agencia Brasil reported. The total number was around fourfold that of the same period last year when 1,179 casualties were recorded. In addition, 2,137 deaths are still under investigation to determine whether they were caused by dengue.

• Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 20:48 UTC

  Uruguay launches app to involve people in fight against dengue-spreading mosquito

  

  Uruguay's Health Ministry Friday launched the application “Mosquito Alert” and urged the population to use it so that authorities can better fight the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which is behind the spread of dengue, zika, and chikungunya, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:24 UTC

  PAHO and Argentine authorities join forces to tackle dengue crisis

  

  Argentine health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have joined forces to devise a strategy to tackle the outbreak of dengue fever after at least 315,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 18:58 UTC

  Uruguay: Number of dengue cases on the rise in Salto

  

  Uruguayan health authorities have expressed their concern about the recent increase in the number of cases of dengue fever in the town of Salto, where over 130 detections have been confirmed.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 22:04 UTC

  Mexican donation of mosquito repellent arrives in Argentina

  

  A total of 22,320 bottles of mosquito repellent donated by Mexico arrived Monday in Argentina where the product has become increasingly scarce amid a soaring number of dengue fever cases, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 20:42 UTC

  Brazil: Dengue cases so far in 2024 surpass previous yearly figures

  

  Brazilian authorities have confirmed 1,889,206 positive cases of dengue fever so far this year, thus surpassing 2015's 1,688,688 and 2023's 1,658,816, it was reported. In addition to 630 confirmed fatalities, another 1,009 deaths are under investigation since Jan. 1 to determine whether they were caused by dengue or by another pathogen.

• Friday, March 15th 2024 - 20:46 UTC

  Brazilian State bordering Paraguay and Argentine under dengue emergency

  

  Authorities in the Brazilian State of Paraná bordering Argentina and Paraguay have decreed a health emergency given the increasing number of cases of dengue fever in recent weeks as new deaths have been confirmed, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

  Lula and Tedros discuss dengue vaccine and other issues

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday discussed producing a vaccine against dengue during their meeting at the Planalto Palace, Agencia Brasil reported. Also participating at the gathering was Health Minister Nísia Trindade.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentina has more reported cases of dengue (25.000) than of coronavirus (5,200)

  

  Argentina officially has 5.208 COVID 19 confirmed cases with a death toll of 273 since the pandemic broke out. However the country is suffering from even more acute disease infection, the mosquito-transmitted dengue, with some 25.000 confirmed cases, and of which 5.601 in the last three weeks.