Peru’s worst dengue outbreak on record could intensify further as an El Niño climate phenomenon brings torrential rains and mosquitoes.
on record could intensify further as an El Niño climate phenomenon brings torrential rains and mosquitoes, driving the death toll this year past 200 with over 130,000 recorded cases, the health ministry said on Thursday. that can provoke a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pain, and sometimes death.
The country’s health authorities have pointed towards the natural climate phenomenal, El Niño, as one of the key drivers of the surge in cases. which fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific, boosting rainfall and flood risk in the region.due to the accumulation of water in the cities. Peru’s health officials are prohibiting residents from storing still water in open containers, hoping to prevent reproduction.
“Dengue kills,” said Health Minister Rosa Gutiérrez in a Tuesday statement. “Because of that, help me eliminate mosquito breeding sites.”Dengue fever can cause a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pain, and sometimes death.A worker of the Health Ministry fumigates against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of dengue fever in Managua.On Thursday, June 8, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared that an El Niño is now underway.
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signed a decree on Thursday declaring a two-month “state of emergency” in 18 of the country’s 24 regions to allow swift official action for “imminent danger from heavy rainfall” this year and next.Share this article:
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