Tag: dengue

• Saturday, April 8th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Uruguay's Health Minister worried about travelers bringing home dengue

  

  Uruguayan health authorities have issued a series of recommendations to nationals of the South American country traveling abroad, particularly to Argentina, for the Easter Weekend due to a surge in the number of dengue cases detected in the neighboring nation. Health Minister Karina Rando stressed that those returning from that country and from Brazil should be attentive to possible symptoms for 10 or 12 days.

• Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

  Dengue kills 6 in Argentina

  

  Health authorities in the Argentine province of Tucumán Tuesday reported three more deaths due to dengue, which after last week's casualties, brings the total number of fatalities to six nationwide.

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Sanitary precautions upped in triple-border region

  

  Sanitary workers in the newly-created county of Fracrán in the Argentine province of Misiones have undertaken a house-by-house campaign to persuade people to get vaccinated against yellow fever, Covid-19, and measles, while residents were advised to up their precautions due to the increasing number of cases in neighboring Paraguay, where the first death due to chikungunya has been reported.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 12:23 UTC

  Cases of dengue on the rise in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health authorities Tuesday announced the number of probable cases of dengue fever nationwide had nearly doubled since the beginning of the year compared to the same period in 2021.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:26 UTC

  Argentina's disease concern is with dengue and the 3.000 cases reported so far

  

  Covid 19 might not be a priority in Argentina at the moment, although there are some cases under observation, but what is really threatening is the mosquito-transmitted dengue with 152 cases confirmed in the province of Buenos Aires and some 3.000 in the northern provinces of Misiones and Corrientes.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:31 UTC

  Mercosur urgent health ministers meeting to address dengue, measles and coronavirus threat

  

  Mercosur health ministers will be holding an urgent meeting this week in Paraguay to address the spread of dengue, the outbreak of measles and the possible arrival of the China coronavirus to the region.

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Central America suffering the worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades

  

  Central America is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades - and scientists say the disease is likely to spread and become more frequent in the future due to climate change.

• Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazil World Cup host cities with an early warning system for dengue

  

  A heightened risk of an outbreak of dengue fever during the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil has prompted a high alert in three out of 12 host cities. For the first time, scientists have developed an early warning system that predicts the risk of dengue fever infections throughout parts of Brazil.

• Monday, April 21st 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Brazil attempts to combat dengue with GM mosquitoes

  

  The world’s largest ever swarm of genetically modified mosquitoes has been released in a Brazilian town to combat dengue -- a leading cause of illness and fatality in several Mercosur countries, except for Uruguay.

• Friday, March 7th 2014 - 03:08 UTC

  UK health authorities warn travelers to Brazil World Cup about tropical diseases

  

  UK's Public Health England (PHE) and National Travel Health Network and Center (NaTHNaC9 have produced a factsheet for football fans going to Brazil for the FIFA Football World Cup from 12 June to 13 July 2014 with information on how to stay healthy and keep safe.