Quito. Dengue instances in Ecuador on the finish of the primary half of the yr exceeded 40,000 infections and triggered the demise of 46 folks, almost 3 times greater than what was recorded till March, the federal government reported on Monday.
This illness transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito has among the many commonest signs fever, headache, pores and skin rashes, and ache of various magnitude in muscle mass and joints.
In accordance with the Pan American Well being Group, in America in 2024 there shall be almost 10 million confirmed instances of dengue and greater than 5 thousand deaths from this trigger. It recognized Brazil because the nation with the very best variety of instances with 4.39 million and a file of deaths of 4 thousand 97 folks, adopted by Argentina with 512 thousand 458 and 358 deaths, and by Paraguay with 285 thousand 902 and 109 deaths.
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Well being mentioned in a report that the tropical provinces of Manabí, El Oro, Los Ríos and Guayas are essentially the most affected, though within the Andean province of Pichincha, half a thousand instances have been recognized.
Well being Ministry consultants recognized three kinds of strains, among the many most widespread in Ecuador and which migrated from different international locations akin to Peru and Brazil, and known as on residents to remove stagnant water, use repellent and put on clothes that covers many of the physique as measures to cease infections.
Within the first quarter of this yr, the variety of folks affected by the virus reached 14,997 and the variety of deaths reached 17, whereas in the identical interval of 2023, 4,660 folks had been contaminated and two deaths had been reported, in line with the PAHO.
All year long, in 2023, dengue instances on this nation reached 27,838 instances, with 33 deaths.
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– 2024-07-05 20:32:35
